Locals say Colombian rebels amassing troops on Ecuadoran border.

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

Excerpt from report: "FARC reinforcing troops on border with Ecuador", published by Ecuadoran newspaper El Comercio website on 15 March

Peasants and Indians living on the banks of the San Miguel River on the border with Colombia are on high alert. They say huge numbers of illegal Colombian forces have gathered on both sides of the border.

According to residents of Puerto Nuevo, a village of 250 families in northern Sucumbios [Province], in the last few days there have been large numbers of FARC [Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia] guerrillas in four areas on the other side of the river: Teteye, La …