Five years ago, María Augusta Calle’s name showed up on a confiscated computer belonging to Raúl Reyes. Calle is an assembly member in Ecuador’s National Assembly, a member of the majority-holding PAIS party. Reyes was a FARC guerrilla commander, killed in action in the Ecuadorian jungle five years ago by Colombian military.

Since May 2008, Calle has been under investigation in Colombia for possible connections to the FARC. But Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa informed the country via his weekly broadcast that the investigation against his fellow PAIS member Calle has been called off. The Colombian attorney general on terrorism issues investigating Calle issued a statement saying that “insufficient evidence of wrongdoing was found.”

María Augusta Calle is now threatening to sue for defamation all those who attempted to link her to the FARC over the past five years. She has sent out 70 letters to media organizations and individuals requesting public corrections. None have replied.

The bombing in Ecuadorian territory that caused Reyes’ death and the capture of the computer hardware led to the breakdown of diplomatic relations between Ecuador and Colombia.

Calle says the Colombian lawyers went through 486,000 email accounts and 34 hard disc storage units. “They didn’t find anything that compromised me.” Her bank records were also provided to the Colombian investigators.

President Correa accused national and international media of jumping to conclusions about Calle. He said the accusations against Calle were a disgrace comparable to the attack itself.

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