BOGOTA - the Colombian guerrillas of the leftist may have attempted to assassinate rival of President Hugo Chavez of the Venezuela and trained his followers in an urban war, an analysis of thousands of documents seized rebel showed on Tuesday.
The study of the records seized in a raid a rebel camp inside 2008 also showed that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have contributed $ 400,000 to the election campaign of the Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa the Ecuador.
Embassy of the Venezuela put London cast doubt on the authenticity of the documents published by the International Institute of British for strategic studies (IISS), calling it a "suspicious" file which could be exploited to undermine the warming ties between the neighbours ideologically opposed.
Correa rejected the IISS findings as "absolutely false."
Charges have been swirling since the Colombian authorities captured hard drives for computer belonging to a leader of the FARC, Raul Reyes, after he and other rebels were killed in the air raid three years ago.
"Much of this material has traveled to the public domain one way or another over the years, but the usefulness of this record is that it provides an authentic confirmation of the point of view of the FARC," Nigel Inkster of IISS told Reuters.
Colombia handed over the complete files for IISS, authentic a think tank of independent study after that they have been confirmed by Interpol.
The 2008 attack triggered a diplomatic conflict between Alvaro Uribe in Colombia's Conservative Government and Ecuador and the Venezuela, which has intensified Uribe face Chavez in what he said that Venezuela was hiding of evidence and the rebels supported.
Ties have improved considerably since the election again President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia last August.
Venezuela has always challenged the content of files seized in the raid, and Tuesday its Embassy in London said there was "a serious doubt on the authenticity and validity of information."
"This could become part of an aggressive propaganda against the Venezuela tool to progress in the region, precisely at a time when relations between the Venezuela and the Colombia have reached a level of stable cooperation and friendly dialogue" the Embassy said in a statement.
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According to the archives, the FARC responded to requests for intelligence services of the Venezuela to the formation of the pro-Chávez groups-urban warfare when the Socialist leader was feeling vulnerable following a brief coup in 2002.
"Archive offer tantalizing but ultimately unproven suggestions that FARC may have undertaken killings of political opponents of Mr Chavez," Inkster said in a presentation.
The documents show also Correa Ecuador receiving cash campaign of leftist rebels, although this did not necessarily translate into favors from the Government after his election. Correa categorically denied receiving money from the guerrillas.
"I have never in my life met someone from the FARC and would never have accepted same 20 cents by an organization like that", Correa told reporters Tuesday.
The Colombian Government has said that he would not comment on the new study. "(The Venezuela relations) are very good and the Santos Government position is to strengthen even more", Vice President Angelino Garzon told Colombian radio.
Files to reveal a complex relationship between Chavez and the FARC, with the charismatic Venezuelan sometimes make promises for the Group and then not following through.
According to documents, Chavez also met in person several times distinguished members of the FARC.
The FARC is at its lowest in the decades that followed the death of senior commanders and desertion caused by a government crackdown aided by billions of dollars in support of the United States.
But the rebels remain powerful in some parts of the Colombia, assisted by their involvement in the drug trade lucrative, kidnappings for ransom, and in alliances with other armed groups.
References to the group with local and international drug traffickers is peppered by the bias of archive, said Inkster.
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