LATIMES/ A growing number of residents from southern Colombia are seeking refuge in Ecuador. The UN reports that Colombian refugees had tripled in the past 6 months, now totaling perhaps 280,000. Increasing levels of violence over cocaine processing and cultivation in the border state of Narino are blamed. 13 February 2010
COLOMBIA/ECUADOR: More Seeking Refuge From Drug Violence.
LATIMES/ A growing number of residents from southern Colombia are seeking refuge in Ecuador. The UN reports that Colombian refugees had tripled in the past 6 months, now totaling perhaps 280,000. Increasing levels of violence over cocaine processing and cultivation in the border state of Narino are blamed.