Ecuador maintains 10000 troops on border with Colombia

Ecuadorian President also said that relations with Colombia are at their best. Ecuador employs about 10,000 uniformed personnel to guard the boundary with Colombia, where he faces a “most serious problem” of security, said Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa on Saturday. On the edge with Colombia is “the most serious security problem facing the country, is a hot border organized crime, drug trafficking, irregular groups, FARC and paramilitaries,” the president said in his weekly report of work. Ecuador goes 7,000 members of the Armed Forces (18% of staff) and 3,000 police for surveillance in the border, which requires about 120 million dollars a year, he added. Read Article