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Colombian diplomats expelled
Venezuela and Ecuador have punished Colombia for killing a rebel leader in the Ecuadorian jungle by expelling its diplomats, ordering troops to the border and cracking down on trade.
But Colombia quickly struck back, revealing what it said were incriminating documents seized from the rebel camp that suggested its neighbours had been secretly supporting the Left-wing rebels' bloody uprising.
In a tit-for-tat move, Venezuela later displayed the laptop of a murdered drug trafficker, which it said contained information implicating Colombia's national police chief in the cocaine trade.
Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa piled on the pressure, saying Colombia's killing of rebel leader Raul Reyes on Saturday had scuttled talks between his government and the guerillas to free 12 rebel-held hostages, including French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and three US defence contractors.
"I'm sorry to tell you that the conversations were pretty advanced to free 12 hostages, including Ingrid Betancourt, in Ecuador," said President Correa.
"All of this was frustrated by the warmongering, authoritarian hands" of the Colombian government, he added.
Colombia's national police chief said that documents recovered from Reyes's laptop showed Venezuela's Left-wing government recently paid 158m to the rebels.
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