Ecuador Publishes FARC Commander's "Brotherly Greetings"

By Jonathan Winer

In a bizarre twist to the verbal war between Ecuador and Colombia over the contents of the captured computers of FARC rebel leader Raul Reyes, killed in the March 1 cross-border Colombian attack, the Office of the President of Ecuador has published excerpts of six letters provided Ecuador by Colombia and described as having been taken from FARC computers.

The letters appear selected to show the human side of FARC's leadership, discussing family issues such as education of a child of a FARC official, the need for appropriate health care, the sorrow of loss of "comrades." The letters offer "brotherly greetings" and "hugs."

Notably, the Ecuadoran government also published the following from one of the letters, without comment:

"Of the $100,000 contributed to Correa's campaign, the Eastern Bloc donated $50,000 and the South, $20,000. That leaves $30,000 for the remaining five blocs, which are owed to the 48th Front."

Confirmation by publication and non-denial?

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