Three ELN rebels arrested in Colombia

Two men and one woman, alleged members of ELN who possessed ammunition for rifles, were arrested, said Colombia’s Navy troops and secret police (DAS).Police confiscated some 1,120 long-range military rifle cartridges from the arrested, with 986 in 5.56 mm caliber cartridges and the rest in 7.62 mm type.The three were traveling in a taxi in an urban area in Arauca, known as Las Corocoras, bordering with Venezuela, it said.The 4,500-member ELN is Colombia’s second-largest guerrilla group after the 31,000-strong Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

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