New discoveries over the Colombian bombing of northern Ecuador show ineffectiveness of diplomatic efforts to solve the bilateral crisis.Ecuadorian foreign minister Maria Isabel Salvador criticized the Colombian silence Wednesday after demands to deliver information about its military attack on a secret guerrilla camp from that nation in this territory.
She stressed the need to know in details how the operation took place, what types of planes and armaments were used and how many police and military troops took place in the raid.Despite official demands, Bogota has not sent the video of the March 1st operation, which proves the mistakes of diplomacy in this case, emphasized Salvador.The official pointed out she will insist or use other international ways to force the neighbor meet the rules and international law..
Until now Colombia had not been able to provide reliable and true information of those events, whichákilled 26, among them four Mexican youth, one Ecuadorian and Raul Reyes, the spokesman of the Colombia Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC).
Salvador"s declarations took place shortly after the Defense Minister Javier Ponce reiterated that intelligent bombs were used in that armed action through global positioning systems (GPS), a technology incompatible with Colombian war planes.
He warned that even recent acquired planes like theáSuper Tucano turboprop do not have the necessary technology to launch those devices.Ponce emphasized that Bogota received help from a third foreign force, and without mentioning any nation she has suggested that it was the United States, President Alvaro Uribe"s main ally.
She reiterated Colombian authorities the need for recovering the videos installed in the planes in order to confirm details of the attack.The Ecuadorian government also assured Wednesday that at least four of the 26 people who died in the operation survived the bombing but were subsequently assassinated by Colombian military.
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