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Wars and Rumors of Wars
According to the Beeb, Columbia has confirmed the death of an Ecuadorian citizen in a cross-border raid on a FARC camp three weeks ago. Rafel Correa’s government has not yet commented, but has previously stated that it will not forgive the killing of Ecuadorian Franklin Aisalia and promised a strong diplomatic response. The Columbian military has not specifically identified the individual killed by name, but Aisalia’s family has stated that they’ve confirmed the identity from media pictures.
Amanda emailed us a prayer request last week for the international crisis that Columbia’s raid has caused:
I’m sending you this message to ask you all to pray for Ecuador. Those
of you who follow international news have probably heard that Colombia attacked a rebel camp inside the Ecuadorian border and, understandably, the Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa got a little upset about that.
Ecuador cut off diplomatic relations with Colombia. Things escalated when the U.S. expressed support for Colombia and Venezuela supported Ecuador (and also cut off diplomatic relations with Colombia). Things were
pretty tense this week. Both Ecuador and Venezuela sent troops to their borders with Colombia. There was talk of going to war (which really neither country was in a position to do). Things have calmed down a bit
since then. The presidents got together and agreed to work this out diplomatically. So that’s good news. But please pray for this situation.