Colombia's Defense Minister Camilo Ospina, said Thursday that he had evidence that Colombia's largest rebel force was operating in Bolivia and Paraguay.

Addressing the Latin America and Caribbean Political Intelligence Summit, Ospina said that members belonging to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were acting as consultants for organized crime groups in Bolivia, offering training on explosives in particular.

Ospina said he had talked with Paraguay's Attorney General Ruben Candia about the FARC presence there, saying that the guerilla group was not operating for military purposes but giving criminals advice on explosives.

At the same conference, Colombia's Vice-President Francisco Santos warned that outlaw activities were spinning out of control and proposed that the region create a network to fight organized crime.

"If we don't make decisions quickly, if we do not strengthen our intelligence capacity and our legal system to fight them, criminals will destroy the state," he said.

Source: Xinhua