The Associated Press on MSN13d
Colombia offers $700,000 reward for information on ELN rebel leaders
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government on Saturday announced a roughly $700,000 reward for information leading to the ...
Colombia Reports10d
Colombia and Venezuela kick off joint border operation against ELN
In a post on social media platform X, Petro called the joint offensive a “military counternarcotics operation.” We seek collaboration between armies in the fight against the ELN. A border without ...
Al Jazeera English24d
Colombia’s Petro suspends talks with ELN rebels
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has announced the suspension of peace talks with National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels, accusing the group of committing war crimes in the Catatumbo region on ...
The Associated Press on MSN20d
Colombia’s president says ELN rebels will ‘get war’ as violence in the country’s northeast escalates
Colombian president Gustavo Petro warned on Monday that his nation’s military will take offensive actions against the National Liberation Army after the rebels, known as the ELN, unleashed a wave of ...
The Economist11d
Armed groups are terrorising Colombia’s border with Venezuela
His regime profits from the drug trafficking that funds the ELN’s warmongering. The group has been able to move reinforcements into Catatumbo, probably through Venezuela. Mr Petro has declared a ...
Colombia Reports21d
Petro declares State of Exception in response to ELN violence
President Gustavo Petro temporarily suspended the rule of law in response to an ELN offensive that has killed dozens and has displaced thousands in northwest Colombia since Friday. Petro announced the ...
Yahoo24d
Colombia halts peace talks with ELN rebels and accuses them of war crimes in northeastern region
"The dialogue process with this group is suspended, the ELN has no will for peace,” President Gustavo Petro said in a post on his X account. The ELN has been fighting ex-rebels of the former ...