Colombia’s interior minister doubted Thursday the veracity of statements by guerrilla groups FARC and ELN who both have denied kidnapping the 10-year-old daughter of a mayor in northeast Colombia. Interior…
The Colombian army said Saturday it has killed five ELN guerrillas in combat near the town of Fortul where it stepped up operations to find the 10-year old daughter of…
The ELN, Colombia’s second largest guerrilla organization, continues to be a security threat despite their diminished numbers, according to an intelligence report obtained by newspaper El Espectador. Although the ELN…
Guerrilla insurgents killed two members of the security forces and injure another two in separate attacks Sunday in the northeast department of Arauca, Colombian media reported. According to reports, one…
The Colombian guerrilla group ELN said Monday President Juan Manuel Santos shows a lack of legitimate action to end the armed conflict, stating that under Santos’ government “the possibility of…
Medellin’s Superior Court reverses guilty sentences for 10 soldiers convicted of murdering civilians and disguising the bodies as combatants, in the first such reversal Thursday, reported Colombian media. Ten officials from…
Colombian military officials captured an alleged member of the ELN guerrilla group Wednesday in the northeast of Colombia, reported a military news release. Ruben Camacho Rojas, alias “Concha”, was captured…
The United States Thursday praised Colombia’s “vigorous” measures to fight domestic terrorism and its increase in international counterterrorism cooperation and training efforts. In its annual Country Reports on Terrorism, the…
High ranking police officials in the department of Nariño are being investigated for extortion and arms dealing based on the testimony of demobilized ELN guerrillas. Colombian media reported on Thursday…