Correa: operación contra Raúl Reyes frustró la liberación de Ingrid Betancourt

Fuente: Caracol 03/03/2008 - 23:00:00

El gobierno ecuatoriano aseguró que realizaba contactos con la guerrilla de las FARC para la liberación de 12 secuestrados "en cuestión de dias", entre ellos la de Ingrid Betancourt, que se frustraron por el operativo en el que murió Raúl Reyes.

El presidente de Ecuador, Rafael Correa, informó que había avanzado con esta guerrilla para la liberación de estas personas con fines estrictamente humanitarios.

"Lamento comunicarles que las conversaciones estaban bastante avanzadas para liberar en Ecuador once rehenes, entre ellos la ex candidata presidencial, Ingrid Betancourt", afirmó el mandatario en un mensaje a su nación.

"Todo fue frustrado por las manos guerreristas y autoritarias. No podemos descartar que esta fue una de las motivaciones de la incursión colombiana y ataque por parte de los enemigos de la paz", añadió Correa.

El gobierno dio a conocer la lista de los posibles liberados dentro de los que estan los tres contratistas norteamericanos, Ingrid Betancourt y varios miembros del Ejercito, entre ellos el teniente Raimundo Malagón, Juan Carlos Bermeo, el sargento Arbey Delgado y el cabo Pablo Emilio Moncayo.

Tambien serían liberados varios miembros de la Policía como el coronel Luis Mendienta, los capitanes Edgar Duarte y Julian Guevara, quien murió en cautiverio, ademas del ciudadano ecuatoriano Marcelino Arriaga, quienes iban a ser puestos en libertad en territorio del vecino pais.

El mandatario no descartó que la incursión de las fuerzas militares colombianas en territorio ecuatoriano buscara frustrar el trabajo que su país había adelantado.

A su turno, el ministro de seguridad de Ecuador, Gustavo Larrea, explicó que en varias oportunidades se reunió con el jefe guerrillero Raúl Reyes con el conocimiento del gobierno colombiano, en un tercer pais que no preciso.

Larrea aseguró que las gestiones hubieran permitido que en este mes de marzo estas personas hubieran recobrado su libertad.

Dijo que nunca hubo contraprestaciones por parte de la guerrilla e insistió en que su labor fue netamente humanitaria.

By buggy on Mar 3, 2008, 23:12 in Politics & the war.

Rubito says on Mar 3, 2008, 23:29:

lying sack of shit!

---Violence is the price of freedom.---

buggy says on Mar 3, 2008, 23:36:

Rubito, you are beginning to make your autocritic ?

"Artículo 20 de la Constitución Política. Se garantiza a toda persona la libertad de expresar y difundir su pensamiento y opiniones,...No habrá censura."

bamacellist says on Mar 4, 2008, 04:31:

As commented in the other thread for this story... As a smokescreen for the damning information provided by the recovered computers this is an utter failure. The Farc had announced mere days ago there were going to be no more unilateral releases. It wasn't too many days before that that they had loudly proclaimed the Americans were going to be held 60 years. They won't give up Ingrid because they'll lose the interest of everybody outside Colombia.

As a smokescreen this is laughably inept. The lie is just too transparent. No cloudiness here jajaja.

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tasco66 says on Mar 4, 2008, 04:36:

I wouldn’t be surprised to see that Correa sold Uranium to the Farc terrorists for “humanitarian reasons" ha, ha,ha…

Correa is on the defensive now, he knows the international community has no tolerance for States that harbour and support terrorists

Veni, vidi, vici

tasco66 says on Mar 4, 2008, 04:45:

Hey Cassini, what makes you decide to post something under your other id “buggy"

And how many other ids are you using to trash Uribe?

Veni, vidi, vici

juancegomez says on Mar 4, 2008, 12:18:

I currently see Correa as either an optimist, at best, or naive, at worst, as far as this expectation is concerned.

Why is he mentioning this so late, and why doesn't FARC mention any of this in their actual communique, dated two days ago?

They mention that "Reyes" was trying to arrange a meeting with the French president, via Chávez, in order to advance towards a solution...but they don't mention Correa in that context, nor do they claim anything was "almost" ready.

durito says on Mar 4, 2008, 12:21:

I find it ridiculous he says the 3 US contractors were also about to be freed less than a week after the FARC said they would hold them for 60 years.

buggy says on Mar 4, 2008, 13:51:

juancegomez, I do not imagine Sarkozy going to a meeting with Reyes or Tirofijo and coming back with the hands empty. He would go only if there is a result. For adavancing in discussions he sends somebody else.

"Artículo 20 de la Constitución Política. Se garantiza a toda persona la libertad de expresar y difundir su pensamiento y opiniones,...No habrá censura."

Pimpinero says on Mar 4, 2008, 13:51:

Darn, imagine what a sensation he would have caused if he'd only come up with it 48 hours ago, why does it always take so long to come up with a good retort.

huskie says on Mar 4, 2008, 13:54:

I wonder how much money Chavez offered the illiterate from Ecuador to be by his side
Cheers

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds-"

buggy says on Mar 4, 2008, 13:55:

Stupid comment, huskie. You are very tired today.

"Artículo 20 de la Constitución Política. Se garantiza a toda persona la libertad de expresar y difundir su pensamiento y opiniones,...No habrá censura."

huskie says on Mar 4, 2008, 13:58:

Why stupid, can you elaborate a little?
Cheers

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds-"

buggy says on Mar 4, 2008, 14:02:

Very very tired ... he understands nothing...
You have no argument, only insults.

"Artículo 20 de la Constitución Política. Se garantiza a toda persona la libertad de expresar y difundir su pensamiento y opiniones,...No habrá censura."

huskie says on Mar 4, 2008, 14:03:

Who you? I cannot read minds, they did not teach me that in Kindergarten
Cheers

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds-"

robi666 says on Mar 4, 2008, 16:25:

buggy says on Tuesday March 4th, 2008 13:51:
"juancegomez, I do not imagine Sarkozy going to a meeting with Reyes or Tirofijo and coming back with the hands empty. He would go only if there is a result. For adavancing in discussions he sends somebody else."

What? I have already prepared the room for Carla to stay in my house while we wait for him! What a f***er...

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juancegomez says on Mar 4, 2008, 20:25:

buggy: Yes, if it came to that and became public.

But you are assuming that the fact they were "working" on such a reunion meant that it would happen in the short term, or at all...which is up for debate. The details were probably still in discussion, to be brief.