ELN releases soldier captured in northeast Colombia
Colombia’s second largest rebel group, the ELN, has released a soldier they had captured in combat in the northeast of Colombia, the Red Cross said Thursday.
Colombia’s second largest rebel group, the ELN, has released a soldier they had captured in combat in the northeast of Colombia, the Red Cross said Thursday.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos reiterated Wednesday that the ELN is welcome to hold peace talks with the government once they have released a Canadian hostage. The president told the…
The FARC is trying to increase its negotiation position at peace negotiations with the government by strengthening ties to fellow rebel group ELN, a conflict analyst said Tuesday.
The leaders of Colombia’s two main guerrilla organizations, the FARC and the ELN, said Monday they have met to discuss ongoing collaboration between the rebel groups.
A senior commander of Colombia’s largest rebel group ELN said Wednesday his organization will continue to kidnap foreigners in “defense of national sovereignty and natural resources.”
Colombia’s former Inspector General and designated mediator with the country’s second largest rebel group ELN on Tuesday pressed the government to open formal dialogues with the guerrillas.
Presumed rebels of the ELN are using plastic weapons to rob or intimidate civilians in the southwest of Colombia, a local army commander said Monday.
The United Nations would support possible peace talks between the Colombian government and rebel group ELN, the UN representative said Monday.
The supreme commander of rebel group ELN says the Colombian government has an “absurd and contradictory” attitude towards entering peace talks with the guerrillas.