Nicaragua grants asylum to 2 survivors of raid on Colombian rebels (IHT)

Submitted by dixietraveller on 13 May, 2008 - 05:15.

Managua, Nicaragua: Two Colombians wounded in a cross-border raid on a Colombian rebel camp in Ecuador have gone into exile in Nicaragua.

A spokeswoman for Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega says the women were granted asylum on humanitarian grounds.

First lady and presidential spokeswoman Rosario Murillo said in a statement that Marta Perez, 24, and Doris Bohorquez, 21, arrived in Nicaragua from Ecuador on Sunday. Nicaragua already has granted asylum to Mexican Lucia Morett — the only other survivor in the raid.

The three women deny allegations they belong to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.

The March 1 raid in a rebel camp in Ecuador killed 25 people, including a senior rebel commander and caused a crisis in relations between Colombian and Ecuador.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/13/news/Nicaragua-Colombia-Rebels...

Also see NicatTimes: http://www.ticotimes.net/dailyarchive/2008_05/0513083.htm