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Article: Ecuador Ups Border Security.(as Colombia ends peace talks with rebel groups)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
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- The Oil Daily
- Article date:
- January 14, 2002
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Ecuador Ups Border Security
Ecuador bolstered security along its border with Colombia on Thursday, fearing an influx of refugees and armed guerrillas after Bogota gave Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels 48 hours to leave a nearby demilitarized zone.
Wedged between war-torn Colombia and Peru on the Pacific coast of South America, Ecuador has long feared a "spillover" from its northern neighbor's 38-year civil war among rebels, paramilitaries, and government forces (OD Jan.11,p2).
Fearful Ecuadorians have watched guerrilla incursions and violent crime rise in the north over the past year, following Colombia's implementation of ...