LatinNews Daily - 9 July 2008

The rescue of Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other captives of the Farc has revealed the extent to which the Colombian military and security forces have become familiar with the inner workings of the guerrilla organisation. This, and the 1 March raid on Raúl Reyes's camp inside Ecuador, have been the most spectacular signs of the improvement of Colombian intelligence about the Farc, but they have not been the only ones. The commander of Colombia's military forces, General Freddy Padilla, has been proclaiming that this is not 'the beginning of the end' for the Farc, but actually the prelude to 'the end of the end'.

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