Ecuador says Colombia committed 'crimes against humanity' in military raid on rebel camp

[Judi Lynn]

Ecuador says Colombia committed 'crimes against humanity' in military raid on rebel camp
The Associated Press
Published: May 8, 2008

QUITO, Ecuador: Colombia's military committed "crimes against humanity" when it allegedly shot three people in the back and killed a man with a blow to the head during a raid on a rebel camp in Ecuador's jungle, the Ecuadorean interior minister said Wednesday.

The forensic evidence showing that the three were shot in the back is "undeniable," Interior Minister Fernando Bustamante told the Gamavision television news program.

Lucia Morrett, a Mexican university student who survived the attack, said in April that she saw Colombian soldiers "shoot the wounded in the back."

Investigations also show that Ecuadorean citizen Franklin Aisalla died from a blow to the head while he was kneeling, Bustamante told local reporters.

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[Judi Lynn]

1. Ecuador: U.S. supported Colombian cross-border raid

Ecuador: U.S. supported Colombian cross-border raid
Posted 9h 31m ago


QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador's Defense Minister says there are "well-founded" reasons to believe the U.S. aided Colombia's air force in a cross-border raid on a rebel camp in Ecuador's jungle last March.

Javier Ponce says Colombia's president needs to clarify what happened during the raid, claiming that the U.S. government "was the first to congratulate him for violating our territorial sovereignty."

Ecuador severed diplomatic ties with Colombia following its attack on a guerrilla camp in Ecuador that killed 25 people, including a rebel leader, Ecuadorean and four Mexicans.

President Rafael Correa accused the CIA of infiltrating Ecuador's intelligence services in April.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-05-08-ecuador-us_N.htm