Colombia’s military will continue offensives targeting left-wing ELN rebels despite Wednesday’s announcement of peace talks with the government, the country’s defense minister said Thursday.
The following is the literal translation of the agreement between Colombia’s government and the ELN, the country’s second largest rebel group, who jointly announced peace talks on Wednesday.
Leaders of the ELN, Colombia’s second largest rebel group to announce peace talks, have been removed from Interpol’s list of internationally sought crime suspects.
Parallel to ongoing peace talks with Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC, ELN rebels also agreed to formalize peace talks that seek to end more than half a century of violence,…
Colombia’s government and the country’s second-largest rebel group have finished exploratory talks and are set to announce formal peace talks in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas on Tuesday.
Colombia’s second-largest left-wing guerrilla group has freed a civilian hostage held for more than six months, said President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday.
Colombia’s second largest guerrilla group, the ELN, captured a Colombian policeman on the same day the guerrillas released a captured soldier, whose release had become a condition for peace talks with…
The ELN, Colombia’s second-largest rebel group, has freed a soldier hostage held for more than six weeks, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Sunday, meeting a…
ELN guerrillas delivered two Colombian soldiers to the Red Cross (ICRC) on Wednesday, days after the officials incidentally walked into a guerrilla patrol after having fled their army barracks.