The National Liberation Army (Spanish: Ejército de Liberación Nacional, ELN) is a guerrilla insurgency group [7] involved in the continuing Colombian conflict, [8] which has existed in Colombia since 1964. The ELN advocates a composite communist ideology of Marxism–Leninism and liberation theology. In 2013, it was estimated that the ELN ...

Jan 17, 2025 · The ELN has been fighting ex-rebels of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia guerrilla group, or FARC, in a region known as Catatumbo, close to the border between Colombia and Venezuela. Recently, the ELN has been spreading into rural areas abandoned by the FARC, which agreed a peace deal with the government in 2016. ...

Jan 20, 2025 · On Friday Petro suspended negotiations with the rebels after violence escalated in Catatumbo, a mountainous region that produces around 15% of Colombia’s coca crop and is located along the border with Venezuela.. The ELN, which has an estimated 6,000 fighters, reportedly attacked civilians it accused of being collaborators of a rival group, the FARC-EMC, taking people from their homes and ...

Jan 22, 2025 · People displaced by violence in towns across the Catatumbo region, where rebels of the National Liberation Army, or ELN, have been clashing with former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, line up to register for shelter at a stadium in Cúcuta, Colombia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Aug 3, 2023 · While the cease-fire is supposed to last six months, it could pave the way for a permanent truce with the leftist group, the National Liberation Army, a guerrilla organization known as the...

Sep 19, 2024 · Colombia's government has called off peace talks with leftist rebel group the National Liberation Army (ELN), its peace delegation said on Wednesday, following an attack which killed two...

Aug 3, 2023 · Colombia, ELN rebels begin six-month ceasefire. Ceasefire, set to run for 180 days, marks largest victory so far in President Gustavo Petro’s ‘total peace’ plan.

6 days ago · It applies to the rural Catatumbo region on Colombia’s northeastern border with Venezuela. The area has seen a surge in violence since mid-January between National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels ...

Sep 19, 2024 · Colombia's government has halted peace talks with the leftist rebel group the National Liberation Army (ELN) following an attack on a military base which left two soldiers dead and more than...

Jan 20, 2025 · Petro, who was a member of a guerrilla group during his youth, initiated peace talks with the ELN in 2022, after promising in his presidential campaign that he could get the rebels to demobilize ...