ELN

EspañolColombian armed forces clashed with the National Liberation Army guerrilla group during the early hours of Thursday, September 7 despite ongoing attempts at disarmament and peace. The fight occurred mere days after negotiating…
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EspañolColombia's ELN guerrilla group have attacked another rural village — this time in the northeast Department of Santander, Teorama. However, the exact date and details have not been confirmed. Javier Petro Peña, a soldier, was…
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EspañolMembers of The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) traveled to Havana to meet with The National Liberation Army to discuss strategies for reaching peace with the Colombian government. "The government delegation…
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Español The Colombian National Police confirmed that a Venezuelan citizen, Bequenbauer Sierra, was abducted while traveling by bus between the municipalities of Nula, Venezuela and Saravena, Arauca, in Colombia. The man was…
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Español A Catholic Church-affiliated organization (the Pastoral Social of the Arauca Diocese in eastern Colombia), recently expressed its grave concerns about murders and the presence of the National Liberation Army (ELN), a…
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EspañolSunday, February 19th, at about 10:30 am local time, an explosion shook La Macarena neighborhood in central Bogota near the Santamaría bullring, which was scheduled to host an event following several years of prohibition.…
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Español On the morning of Monday, February 6, soldier Fredy Montero was released. He was captured by the ELN rebel group last January 24. The officer was kidnapped while doing a personal errands in Colombia's eastern department of…
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Español Former Colombian congressman Odin Sanchez was liberated this Thursday February 2nd at around 10am (local time) by the ELN guerrilla group, after the government was forced to pay a ransom. The exact place where he was…
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Español Negotiations for freeing former Congressman Odín Sánchez, who has been held by ELN since April 2016, are scheduled to begin at the end of this month. The news was confirmed by Colombian Defense Minister Luis Carlos Villegas…
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Español A Colombian Army soldier was killed on Monday, January 9 in the municipality of Puerto Jordán in the eastern department of Arauca, by two men traveling on a motorcycle, who murdered the soldier in a drive-by style shooting.…
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Español Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN), in an end-of-year communiqué, said it hoped that in January "the respective sides would moderate their positions" and a peace agreement would be reached with the national government.…
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Español Two officers of the Colombian National Police were killed in an ELN attack. They were on motorcycles carrying out surveillance work in the municipality of Saravena in Arauca, in Colombia's northeast, when they fell victim to…
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