Latin America Digest: Today’s one-line news briefs

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Quito, Ecuador — Intelligence obtained by U.S. forces based in Ecuador helped Colombia’s military locate senior rebel commander Raul Reyes, who was killed in a cross-border raid by Colombian troops last year, a government commission said Thursday.

Mexico City -- Rafael Acosta, the peddler-turned-politico known as “Juanito” whose maneuverings have captivated Mexico City for months, quit as president of its most populous borough amid allegations that he filed a false birth certificate when he ran.

La Paz, Bolivia — The government announced it had seized a 48-square-mile ranch in Bolivia’s eastern lowlands from soybean magnate Branko Marinkovic, a political rival of newly reelected President Evo Morales, as part of its plan to restore land to the country’s indigenous majority.

Tegucigalpa, Honduras — Honduras’ de facto government will allow ousted President Manuel Zelaya, who remained holed up in the Brazilian Embassy, to leave the country if he signs a letter dropping his demand to be reinstated, officials said.

-- Times staff and wire reports