Todos nos alegramos del fin del sufrimiento de los rehenesde las FARC. Pero la forma como se dió la liberación de estos rehenes me anima a reflexionar sobre el carácter del conflicto colombiano.
Mi punto es que desde hace muchos años, un conflicto que originalmente era de carácter interno, ha evolucionado a uno de carácter internacional, donde las FARC no pelean sólo contra el Estado colombiano, sino contra un Estado extranjero: Estados Unidos.
Las noticias de cómo se produjo la liberación de los rehenes (por ejemplo aquí) nos indican que ésta fue producto de una operación conjunta del Ejército Colombiano con los servicios de inteligencia de EEUU:
«The Colombians installed U.S.-provided remote-controlled video monitoring devices — which can zoom in and out — along rivers that are the only transport route through dense jungles, U.S. and Colombian officials said. U.S. surveillance planes intercepted rebel radio and satellite phone conversations and employed foliage-penetrating imagery, they said
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U.S. spy satellites helped track the hostages on a monthlong journey that began May 31 and ended with Wednesday’s rescue.
From mid-June on, Brownfield and a team of 100 people at the U.S. Embassy who had been dedicated to securing the American hostages’ release worked closely with the Colombians running the operation.
«The truth of the matter is, we have actually come together in a way that we rarely have in the United States of America, except with longtime allies, principally NATO allies,» Brownfield said of relations with Colombia’s security forces, which have received more than $4 billion in military aid since 2000.
Several times, he said, the U.S. government had to make decisions — «at the highest levels» — about proceeding. «