Santa Rosa de Sucumbíos explained

Santa Rosa de Sucumbíos is an Ecuadorian town in the Putumayo Canton of the province of Sucumbíos.^[1] It is located near the border with Colombia.^[2] It is also known as Santa Rosa de Yanamaru.^[3]

As of 1988 there were 71 Cofán people living in the town's Indian reservation.^[4] On 1 March 2008, the number two of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), Raúl Reyes, and 16 others were killed by a bombardment of the Colombian Air Force and land incursion the Colombian military, sparking the 2008 Andean diplomatic crisis.^[5]

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Notes and References

1. Book: United States National Museum . Bulletin . U.S. Government Printing Office . Bulletin . nos. 288-290 . 1968 . 2024-02-11 . 534.
2. Book: Minnies, M.T. . Basic Data on the Economy of Ecuador . U.S. Government Printing Office . Overseas business reports . 1968 . 2024-02-11 . 3.
3. Web site: Masacre en Sucumbíos, Ecuador, bombardeo de la Angostura Crimen de Estado y de lesa humanidad, 5 jóvenes mexicanos entre las victimas . https://web.archive.org/web/20230312012406/https://www.cndh.org.mx/noticia/masacre-en-sucumbios-ecuador-bombardeo-de-la-angostura-crimen-de-estado-y-de-lesa-humanidad . es . National Human Rights Commission (Mexico) . 12 March 2023.
4. Book: Olson, J.S. . The Indians of Central and South America: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary . Bloomsbury Publishing . 1991 . 978-0-313-36879-0 . 2024-02-11 . 198.
5. Web site: Quince años de la muerte de "Raúl Reyes", un punto de quiebre para las FARC . https://web.archive.org/web/20230320043943/https://www.larepublica.ec/blog/2023/03/01/quince-anos-de-la-muerte-de-raul-reyes-un-punto-de-quiebre-para-las-farc/ . es . La Republica . 1 March 2023 . 20 March 2023.