Chilean Interior Minister Edmundo Perez Yoma said Thursday that the Colombian rebel group FARC has no base in Chile.
Yoma said the Chilean government is concerned that some Chilean nationals may have received training from the FARC, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, but there's no possibility of finding an FARC camp in the country.
The minister pledged that Chile's police force would arrest any internationally-wanted suspects trying to enter the country.
The Colombian government said it has found a photo featuring two Chilean nationals and Raul Reyes, the No. 2 leader of the FARC who was killed Saturday by the Colombian government forces in a cross-border attack.
However, Yoma said the two people would not be arrested in Chile for receiving training from the FARC.
The whole of South America has been fretting over the escalating tension between Colombia and its neighbors Ecuador and Venezuela since Saturday, when the Colombian government forces trespassed Ecuadorian territory during the attack on FARC rebels.
Ecuador cut diplomatic ties with Colombia following the incident, and Venezuela also sent tanks and troops to its border with Colombia and withdrew its embassy staff from Bogota.
Source: Xinhua
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