Members of Ecuador's Army Elite Force inspect a clandestine FARC base camp found while patrolling the border with Colombia in the Amazon province of Sucumbios on January 31, 2009. Rodrigo Buendia / AFP / GettyEcuador Officials Linked to Colombia Rebels -- Time Magazine
Several former officials of the Ecuadorian government had ties with Colombia's Marxist guerrillas, a commission named by President Rafael Correa conceded Tuesday. The announcement is sure to stir up new questions about how deeply South America's political left, including Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, has aided a rebel force condemned worldwide as drug traffickers and terrorists. And it raises the risk, said the commission's coordinator, Francisco Huerta, that Ecuador is "becoming a narco-democracy."
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My Comment: When I first heard of this commission, I expected a whitewash .... I was wrong. There are still questions that need to be asked (and answered), but the concern should still focus on stopping FARC from using Ecuador as a staging ground for its attacks against Colombian forces, and as a safe haven for the production of cocaine.
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