ELN enjoys top-down control of mining in northern Colombia: Police
The ELN (National Liberation Army) does not extort money from miners — or at least, it does not only do that. Instead, the second largest rebel group in Colombia controls…
The ELN (National Liberation Army) does not extort money from miners — or at least, it does not only do that. Instead, the second largest rebel group in Colombia controls…
Colombian rebel group ELN on Wednesday reportedly reminded Canadian mining firm Braeval that the release of their kidnapped employee depends on the returning of mining rights to local communities, not…
Canadian mining company Braeval Mining Corporation has decided to shut down its mining operations in Colombia, citing “unfavorable markets” while having failed to release one of its employees who is…
Colombia’s armed conflict cost the lives of some 220,000 Colombians since 1958, an extensive report on the violence released Wednesday said.
The Colombian military on Wednesday captured 16 suspected ELN fighters in the north of the country, close to where the group is suspected of holding a Canadian miner hostage.
The ELN on Monday published an open letter to Colombia’s branch of the Catholic Church, rejecting calls to lay down weapons as a condition for peace talks with the government.
Colombia’s largest rebel group, the FARC, are holding a civil engineer hostage who had been kidnapped by ELN rebels in the north of Colombia last year, the army said Monday.…
The ELN, Colombia’s second largest guerrilla group, on Thursday refused to ban kidnapping, a condition imposed by the government for initiating peace negotiations.
Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos on Monday announced the arrest of an ELN rebel commander held responsible for orchestrating the kidnapping of a Canadian citizen earlier this year.