Colombia’s second largest insurgency group ELN has asked forgiveness for killing two oil contractors earlier this month, promising to take “measures for the future, so these serious errors are not repeated.”
The Colombia branch of the United Nations Human Rights Council has condemned recent attacks by alleged ELN guerrillas against indigenous leaders.
The Colombian government is bolstering its military presence in eastern Colombia after months of escalating hostilities and rebel attacks, including Tuesday’s bombing of a major oil pipeline, according to official reports.
Rebel attacks on civilian targets and security forces in Colombia dropped 46% in the first nine months of 2013 compared to the same period last year, statistics provided by the…
The ELN rebel group continued its public campaign for dialogue with the Colombian government in an official announcement published by its Central Command on the ELN website Monday.
One of the largest fuel pipelines in Colombia was bombed Wednesday in La Guajira state, cutting off natural gas exports to Venezuela.
A stretch of an important oil pipeline in northern Colombia was blown up late Saturday night, making it the third time in a week that the system has come under…
The supreme commander of rebel group ELN says the Colombian government has an “absurd and contradictory” attitude towards entering peace talks with the guerrillas.
Terrorism in Colombia did go up in 2012, the country’s defense minister confirmed Saturday, adding however that this year the number of acts of terrorism dropped significantly.