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| Ecuador expels Colombia's envoy | Ecuador expels Colombia's envoy |
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| Ecuador has expelled Colombia's ambassador following an attack on left-wing rebels in its territory. | Ecuador has expelled Colombia's ambassador following an attack on left-wing rebels in its territory. |
| Ecuador's President Rafael Correa also said he was sending more troops to the border with Colombia. | Ecuador's President Rafael Correa also said he was sending more troops to the border with Colombia. |
| Earlier Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he was sending thousands of troops and tanks to its border. | Earlier Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he was sending thousands of troops and tanks to its border. |
| Colombia has expressed regret it had to enter Ecuador but said the raid that killed Farc leader, Raul Reyes, and 16 other rebels was "indispensable". | Colombia has expressed regret it had to enter Ecuador but said the raid that killed Farc leader, Raul Reyes, and 16 other rebels was "indispensable". |
| The BBC's Jeremy McDermott in Medellin says Colombian Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo's apology on television was an attempt to defuse the situation. | The BBC's Jeremy McDermott in Medellin says Colombian Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo's apology on television was an attempt to defuse the situation. |
| But Mr Araujo also defended the raid about 1.8km (one mile) inside Ecuador. | But Mr Araujo also defended the raid about 1.8km (one mile) inside Ecuador. |
| Our correspondent says reports in Ecuador suggest the rebels were bombed while they slept. | Our correspondent says reports in Ecuador suggest the rebels were bombed while they slept. |
| Farc 'invincibility' shatteredAnalysis: War talk | Farc 'invincibility' shatteredAnalysis: War talk |
| Colombia has admitted crossing the border and taking rebel laptops and documents for analysis. | Colombia has admitted crossing the border and taking rebel laptops and documents for analysis. |
| Late on Sunday, Colombia said some of the information gathered suggested links between Mr Correa and Farc. | |
| Mr Correa said: "I have decided on the immediate expulsion of Colombia's ambassador in Ecuador (Carlos Holguin)." | Mr Correa said: "I have decided on the immediate expulsion of Colombia's ambassador in Ecuador (Carlos Holguin)." |
| Mr Correa also said he was calling for an immediate meeting of the Organisation of American States and the Andean Community of Nations. | Mr Correa also said he was calling for an immediate meeting of the Organisation of American States and the Andean Community of Nations. |
| Speaking on his weekly television show, President Chavez had said Venezuela's embassy in Colombia would close. | Speaking on his weekly television show, President Chavez had said Venezuela's embassy in Colombia would close. |
| Mr Chavez said he was reacting to the "cowardly murder" of Reyes. | Mr Chavez said he was reacting to the "cowardly murder" of Reyes. |
| Mr Chavez has been mediating with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - or Farc - to secure the release of hostages the rebels hold, and six have so far been freed under this initiative. | Mr Chavez has been mediating with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - or Farc - to secure the release of hostages the rebels hold, and six have so far been freed under this initiative. |
| But he lamented the killing of Reyes - whom he called a "good revolutionary" - when he spoke on his show, "Alo, Presidente". | But he lamented the killing of Reyes - whom he called a "good revolutionary" - when he spoke on his show, "Alo, Presidente". |
| 'Violated' | 'Violated' |
| Colombia's defence minister had described the death of Reyes as the "biggest blow so far" to Farc. | Colombia's defence minister had described the death of Reyes as the "biggest blow so far" to Farc. |
| But Mr Chavez described the strike as "a cowardly murder, all of it coldly calculated". | But Mr Chavez described the strike as "a cowardly murder, all of it coldly calculated". |
| He said Colombia "invaded Ecuador, flagrantly violated Ecuador's sovereignty". | He said Colombia "invaded Ecuador, flagrantly violated Ecuador's sovereignty". |
| Mr Chavez addressed his defence minister, asking him to "move 10 battalions to the border with Colombia for me, immediately" - a deployment likely to involve several thousand soldiers. | Mr Chavez addressed his defence minister, asking him to "move 10 battalions to the border with Colombia for me, immediately" - a deployment likely to involve several thousand soldiers. |
| "The air force should mobilise. We do not want war. But we are not going to let them... come and divide and weaken us." | "The air force should mobilise. We do not want war. But we are not going to let them... come and divide and weaken us." |
| Colombia's government has received billions of dollars in aid from Washington to fight the guerrillas - as the US, along with the EU, views Farc as a terrorist organisation. | Colombia's government has received billions of dollars in aid from Washington to fight the guerrillas - as the US, along with the EU, views Farc as a terrorist organisation. |
| Colombian troops have recently retaken control of areas previously held by rebel groups, but Farc retains a strong hold over Colombia's more remote regions. | Colombian troops have recently retaken control of areas previously held by rebel groups, but Farc retains a strong hold over Colombia's more remote regions. |