The commander of Colombia’s army said on Thursday that an agreement has been reached with Colombia’s second largest rebel group, the ELN, for the release of six civilian hostages held since mid-January.
Colombia’s army Commander General Sergio Mantilla said the hostages, among them a Canadian and two Peruvians, could be freed “soon.”
“Within this principal agreement [with the ELN] the vice minister of defense, Jorge Enrique Bedoya, continues to coordinate the [operations] in the south of Bolivar,” said the general, according to radio station Caracol.
BACKGROUND: ELN releases five hostages in north Colombia