-Caveat Lector- Thursday January 11 2:44 PM ET Sources: Ecuador Finds Possible Rebel Camp Reuters Photo QUITO, Ecuador (Reuters) - Ecuador believes it has found an abandoned Colombian guerrilla camp in its jungle, fueling fears leftist rebels from its northern neighbor may be operating across the border, military sources said on Thursday. One military source said the makeshift camp on Ecuador's side of the Putumayo region in the Amazon jungle had a hut, made in a way that indicated it was built by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the nation's biggest guerrilla group. ``We found a small encampment, where members of the FARC may have been,'' a source in the intelligence unit of the military high command told Reuters on Thursday. There are no Ecuadorean guerrilla groups. But there are widespread fears Colombia's U.S.-backed plan to combat drug trafficking may push rebels and paramilitary groups, who are believed to finance their fighting from the narcotics trade, across the roughly 370-mile shared border. Some local officials have accused the government of pushing Ecuador into Colombia's chaotic 40-year conflict, which involves security forces, rebels, paramilitary groups and drug-traffickers, by allowing U.S. drug surveillance planes to use a coastal air force base. Colombia's other neighbors, Venezuela, Peru and Panama have all expressed concern about spillover from ``Plan Colombia,'' which has $1.3 billion in U.S. backing. In October, Ecuador's government accused the FARC, which controls a Switzerland-sized territory in the south of Colombia, of kidnapping 10 foreign oil workers from Ecuador's Amazon jungle region. The FARC immediately denied the kidnapping. Ecuador's President Gustavo Noboa has said he plans to install ex-military officers as governors in the border provinces and that he will declare a state of emergency in the area, if necessary. Copyright © 2001 Yahoo! Inc., and Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon. Questions or Comments Privacy Policy - Terms of Service <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
