Santa Rosa de Sucumbíos
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Santa Rosa de Sucumbios is an Ecuadorian town in the province of Sucumbíos. It is also known as Santa Rosa de Yanamaru and can even have some other names.
It was brought to the world stage for being the place where FARC commander Raúl Reyes
died in the hands of the Colombian Air Force
sparking a regional diplomatic crisis in 2008.
It was brought to the world stage for being the place where FARC commander Raúl Reyes
Raúl Reyes
Luis Edgar Devia Silva , better known by his nom de guerre Raúl Reyes, was a Secretariat member, spokesperson, and advisor to the Southern Bloc of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-EP...
died in the hands of the Colombian Air Force
Colombian Air Force
The Colombian Air Force or FAC is the Air Force of the Republic of Colombia.The Colombian Air Force is one of the three institutions of the Armed Forces of Colombia, charge according to the 1991 Constitution of the work to exercise and maintain control of Colombia's airspace to defend the...
sparking a regional diplomatic crisis in 2008.
2008 Andean diplomatic crisis
The 2008 Andean diplomatic crisis was a diplomatic stand-off between the South American countries of Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. It began with an incursion into Ecuadorian territory across the Putumayo River by the Colombian military on March 1, 2008, leading to the deaths of over twenty...