Security & Strategic Review March 2009 (ISSN 1741-4202)

With the scandal still raging about alleged links between high-ranking Ecuadorean officials and the Farc guerrillas [SSR-09-02], the Correa administration has found itself fending off more claims, from Colombian sources, that the Farc is still finding shelter in Ecuadorean territory. One source says that two top Farc leaders have found refuge there, another that the Farc still has at least seven camps inside Ecuador. Ecuador's security minister says this is impossible, but admits that the army keeps running into Colombian irregulars in the border provinces.