Authorities in Cucuta, Colombia’s biggest city on the Venezuela border, declared the highest alert after an explosive device injured eight policemen. Police suspect ELN rebels have targeted the city amid a nation-wide campaign…
The ELN, Colombia’s second-largest leftist rebel group, must release a civilian and a soldier held hostage before the government will agree to begin a peace process, President Juan Manuel Santos…
Alleged ELN rebels have carried out a mortar attack on a military complex in Arauca, a city in the northeast of Colombia.
Guerrillas of Colombia’s second largest rebel group ELN have captured a Colombian soldier at a rebel checkpoint in the north of the country, according to the military.
Colombia’s ELN rebels said Sunday that the government has failed to set a date for negotiations for the round in which the warring parties would agree to formal peace talks.
United States Vice-President Joe Biden made a gaffe on Colombian radio, praising peace talks with the FNL, a non-existent rebel group.
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos has ordered the military to locate the remains of iconic ELN guerrilla Camilo Torres, who was killed in combat in 1966.
Colombia’s defense minister said Sunday that the army rescued 15 fishermen who had been kidnapped by the ELN, the country’s second largest rebel group.
Contrary to claims made by Colombia’s second largest rebel group, the government has not yet agreed to peace talks with the ELN, according to the country’s interior minister.