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### Viewing cable 08QUITO248, FOR CORREA, DISPUTE WITH COLOMBIA NOT OVER

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08QUITO248 | 2008-03-12 21:09 | 2011-02-13 12:12 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Quito
Appears in these articles: http://wikileaks.jornada.com.mx/notas/farc-ecuador/

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    C O N F I D E N T I A L QUITO 000248

    SIPDIS

    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/06/2014
    TAGS: PREL PTER PHUM MARR EC CO VE MX
    SUBJECT: FOR CORREA, DISPUTE WITH COLOMBIA NOT OVER

    REF: A. QUITO 247
         ¶B. QUITO 228
         ¶C. QUITO 216

    Classified By: DCM Jefferson Brown for Reasons 1.4 (b&d)

    ¶1.  (C) Summary.  The GOE plans to re-establish relations
    with Colombia by the end of March, although President Correa
    noted "it will be difficult to restore trust."  Correa made
    his most anti-U.S. statements to date on March 8, criticizing
    U.S. support for Colombia and U.S. media dominance.  On the
    other hand, Vice FM Valencia requested a meeting with the
    Secretary or Deputy Secretary for FM Salvador on March 17,

    SIPDIS
    indicating GOE interest in maintaining constructive ties with
    the U.S.; Correa himself displayed a somewhat calmer tone in
    a meeting with the Ambassador on March 12 (Ref A).  The GOE
    presented its case in detail to the OAS delegation, but did
    not discuss its contacts with the FARC.  An opposition party
    plans to ask the Supreme Electoral Tribunal to investigate
    alleged FARC support for the Correa campaign.  The
    Constituent Assembly is apparently proceeding with plans to
    investigate a possible role by the Manta Forward Operating
    Location in the Colombian incursion.  A local human rights
    group and the parents of the young Mexicans wounded or killed
    at the FARC camp accused the GOC of committing terrorist acts
    and violating human rights.  End Summary.

    Correa Declares Victory at Rio Group Summit

    ¶2.  (U) During his March 8 radio address, President Correa
    triumphantly stated that "the sovereignty of our country has
    been recognized."  He said he had achieved the two things he
    sought at the Rio Group Summit:  a Colombian "unconditional
    apology" and "commitment to never repeat this type of
    aggression with Ecuador nor with any other country."
    According to Correa, the resolution of the crisis "marks a
    milestone for a new era of diplomacy in Latin America...where
    principles, justice and international rights will take
    precedence; never again power..."

    ¶3.  (U) Correa said, "We can never accept the principle of a
    'preemptive strike'...that is a return to imperialism,"
    calling the Colombian attack a premeditated massacre.  He
    argued that Colombia should be humble enough to accept
    international help -- a peace force with Brazil, Argentina,
    Chile, et al. -- because its internal conflict affected other
    countries in the region.  On relations with Colombia, Correa
    said that "it would be very difficult to restore trust" and
    that "I will never forgive anyone for this as long as I
    live."  He expressed a willingness to fight illegality
    (guerrillas).  Correa indicated during a March 11 press
    interview that "diplomatic ties would be re-established
    before the end of March."  Correa expressed gratitude to Hugo
    Chavez and the Venezuelan people, commenting that "Ecuador is
    not disloyal.  When he needs us, we will be supporting the
    Venezuelan people."

    ¶4.  (C) Correa criticized U.S. support for Colombia
    (economic, military, media) and the influence of the United
    States at the Organization of American States (OAS).  He said
    that the U.S. position during the crisis was very clear and
    that several presidents told him that they were pressured to
    support Colombia and not Ecuador.  Correa backed the proposal
    for the Rio Group to become the Organization of Latin
    American States and replace or supplement the OAS, claiming
    that the Rio Group had been much more efficient in solving
    the crisis.

    Ecuador Still Values U.S. Ties

    ¶5.  (C) Vice FM Jose Valencia, meeting with the DCM on March
    11, said the GOE recognizes that recent events, including the
    swirl of allegations about FARC links to Ecuador at different
    levels -- as well as the hot recent rhetoric from Correa --
    have badly hurt Ecuador's image in Washington and left
    concerns that need to be addressed.  They want to work with
    us to avoid lasting damage.  He said they wanted to make
    clear that, while other existing and potential Latin American
    sub-regional forums are useful, they also strongly value the
    OAS.  He formally requested a meeting with the Secretary or
    Deputy Secretary for FM Maria Isabel Salvador during her
    March 16-18 visit to Washington for the OAS ministerial
    meeting.

    ¶6.  (C) Asked about a different pending issue -- the
    diplomatic note governing annual bilateral military training
    and exercises, Valencia said there was no political problem
    and they wanted those programs to continue.  The delay in
    finalizing the note was based on the slow pace of their
    internal technical legal review, but he expected it to be
    finished within a few days.

    OAS Visit to Ecuador

    ¶7.  (C) Acting OAS Representative Gisselle Lopez, meeting
    with PolCouns on March 11, called the OAS delegation's visit
    political since it did not include technical experts.  She
    said President Correa, during his March 9 meeting with the
    delegation, emphasized that the delegation should confirm
    that the Colombian attack violated Ecuadorian sovereignty,
    stressing his interest in maximum transparency.  Lopez
    explained that the delegation considered the presentations
    they heard from Internal/External Security Coordinating
    Minister Larrea, the military leadership, and the police more
    useful than the March 10 visit to the site given that the
    bodies had been removed and other changes made.  (Note: Lopez
    herself did not accompany the group to the site.)  She said
    the GOE gave the delegation copies of all the presentations
    and videos.  According to Lopez, neither GOE contacts with
    the FARC nor the proposal for a multinational force on the
    Colombian border were discussed during the delegation's March
    9 meetings with GOE officials.  Lopez, an Ecuadorian who has
    worked with the OAS office in Quito for 18 years, expressed
    her personal opinion that Correa needs to think more
    objectively and rationally about the event and how the GOE
    should proceed.

    ¶8.  (SBU) OAS Secretary General Insulza held a press
    conference the evening of March 10 before departing Ecuador.
    He stated that Colombia had violated Ecuadorian sovereignty.
    Insulza recognized that the Rio Group meeting had helped the
    process of restoring bilateral relations, saying he expected
    the countries would normalize relations in due course and
    that he was not there to mediate.  Asked about the idea of a
    multilateral peace force along the border, Insulza said it
    would require a request from both Colombia and Ecuador.  He
    added that he saw that possibility as more a matter for the
    U.N. to consider than the OAS, but that he did not see how it
    could work, as even the Colombian and Ecuadorian military and
    police, who knew the area, could not police it effectively.
    Insulza stated that the OAS report would be based on
    principles and law, with the goal of avoiding future
    cross-border incursions.

    Limited Prospects for GOE Investigation into FARC Ties

    ¶9.  (C) After calling at the Rio Group summit for an
    Ecuadorian-led investigation into the accusations of GOE ties
    to the FARC, the GOE has done little to initiate it.  Most
    press reports here have focused on the Interpol investigation
    of the computer files.

    ¶10.  (C) Gilmar Gutierrez, head of the Patriotic Society
    Party (PSP) bloc in the Constituent Assembly and brother of
    ex-president Lucio Gutierrez, told the DCM on March 11 that
    the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) would not investigate
    alleged FARC contributions to the Correa campaign in 2006
    unless it received a formal complaint, which the PSP
    therefore planned to file.  Since four of the seven members
    of the TSE are loyal to President Correa, it is doubtful that
    the investigation would be rigorous.

    FOL Investigation

    ¶11.  (C) Conflicting reports continue about exactly what kind
    of "audit" of FOL operations during the period of the
    incident might be launched, and under which government
    auspices.  We have been told privately that Fernando Cordero,
    Vice President of the Constituent Assembly, agreed that the
    Legislative/Oversight committee would lead it, rather than
    the Committee on Sovereignty, International Relations, and
    Latin American Integration.  Others assert it should be a
    technically qualified commission outside the Assembly.  Press
    reports continue to conflict, and no official notification of
    any kind has yet been received by the Embassy.  As stated in
    reftels B and C, the Embassy already declared publicly, and
    privately to President Correa, that no flights from the FOL
    were involved.  The only aircraft in flight at the time of
    the incident was a Coast Guard C-130H, hundreds of miles to
    the west over the Pacific Ocean.

    Claims of ColMil Terrorism and Human Rights Violations

    ¶12.  (SBU) President of the Latin American Association of
    Human Rights (ALDHU) Juan de Dios Parra claimed on March 11
    in a television interview that "the Colombian army committed
    an act of terrorism in Ecuador."  He said that ALDHU
    presented a formal accusation before the national court of
    Colombia and planned to do the same in Mexico during the week
    of March 17.  Dios Parra also stated that ALDHU would assume
    the defense of five Mexicans and two Colombians killed during
    the attack.  When asked in the interview if ALDHU had lodged
    a similar formal accusation against the FARC when six
    Ecuadorian military and four policemen were killed during a
    patrol operation in the northern border in 2003, he said they
    protested, but admitted that they did not lodge a formal
    complaint.  Parra said the two wounded Colombian women appear
    to have been performing a domestic service role (washing,
    cooking, taking care of the animals) for the FARC, against
    their will.  He said one of the women had tried to escape
    twice, and was found by the Ecuadorian military chained to a
    tree.  ALDHU has advocated that they be given refugee status
    in Ecuador.

    ¶13.  (SBU) The parents of Mexican students Juan Gonzalez
    (deceased) and Lucia Morett (survivor), also appearing on
    national television, separately accused Colombia of state
    terrorism.  Juan's father, Alvaro Gonzalez, claimed his son
    was not an insurgent and demanded the support of the Mexican
    government "in defense of Mexican civilians who believe this
    was a crime against humanity."  Lucia Morett's mother claimed
    that her daughter was the victim of sexual assaults and that
    she heard shots killing injured insurgents by the Colombian
    military personnel involved in the attack.  She defended her
    daughter's innocence, saying that she was not an insurgent
    but an academic who was doing "research."

    ¶14.  (SBU) Ecuadorian media on March 12 featured extensive
    reporting based on Mexican government sources that the head
    and coordinator of the Mexican contingent that had attended
    the Quito Bolivarian Congress, and traveled both before and
    after the Congress to the FARC camp, was Mario Dagoberto Diaz
    Orgaz.  The GOM alleges that Diaz is the FARC,s finance
    director in Mexico.  Diaz, a university researcher at the
    Center of Engineering and Industrial Development (CIDESI) in
    Queretaro, Mexico, denies the charges.
    Jewell

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