The governor of Colombia’s Nariño department, Antonio Navarro, said he believes guerrilla group the ELN is responsible for the kidnapping of seven people traveling through the region on Thursday. Speaking…
An intercepted radio communication transmitted by FARC leader German Briceño, alias “Grannobles” confirms that the guerrilla ordered “total war” against fellow Colombian rebel group the ELN. In the intercepted communication…
The governor of Colombia’s eastern Arauca department, Luis Eduardo Ataya, reported Wednesday that nine people were killed during an armed confrontation between guerrilla groups the FARC and the ELN. General…
Despite the scandals that have plagued his leadership, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe’s popularity remains high as his term comes to an end due to his success in improving security conditions…
The United Nations (UN) included Colombian guerrilla groups the FARC and ELN on their list of “most persistent violators of children in conflict” in an annual report on children and…
The Thursday takeover of a Bogota university’s central square by armed ELN guerrillas was an act of aggression against the university, claims the rector, Moises Wasserman, on Friday. According to Wasserman,…
Armed guerrillas wearing ELN bandanas and armbands occupied the central square of Bogota’s main university on Thursday. Under an ELN banner, the guerrillas, armed with semiautomatic weapons and pistols, stood…
Some 2,335 women have demobilized from illegal armed groups since 2006, many of them in order to have children, according to the Defense Ministry’s Office for Humanitarian Aid to the…
Colombian guerrilla movement the ELN threatens “military action” against politicians in the country’s eastern Arauca department from the parties Cambio Radical and Partido de la U, which support Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, reports Notillano.com Friday. The…