National Liberation Army (Colombia) - Wikipedia
The National Liberation Army (Spanish: Ejército de Liberación Nacional, ELN) is a Marxist–Leninist guerrilla insurgency group [6] involved in the continuing Colombian conflict, [7] which has existed in Colombia since 1964.
Colombia reactivates arrest orders for top rebels blamed for …
23 hours ago · Pablo Beltran, commander and chief negotiator for the National Liberation Army, ELN, rebel group speaks during a joint press conference with Jose Otty Patiño, chief negotiator for the Colombian government, as a part of the peace talks between both parties in Bogota, Colombia, Oct. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)
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Jun 18, 2024 · The National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional – ELN) is Colombia’s last true insurgency and one of Latin America’s most powerful criminal organizations. Due to its expansion and strengthening in Venezuela in recent years, it has established itself as a binational guerrilla group.
National Liberation Army (ELN) - DNI
The National Liberation Army (ELN) is the oldest and one of the most powerful insurgent groups in Colombia. It seeks to control critical areas of the country—particularly those associated with drug trafficking—and frequently engages in armed confrontations with Colombian authorities.
At least 80 dead, several kidnapped in Colombia after failed peace ...
3 days ago · More than 80 people have been killed in Colombia's northeast region following failed attempts to hold peace talks with the National Liberation Army, a Colombian official said.
At least 80 people killed in northeast Colombia as peace talks fail ...
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — More than 80 people were killed in the country’s northeast over the weekend following the government's failed attempts to hold peace talks with the National Liberation ...
The ELN - Colombia Peace
Apr 12, 2020 · Like the now-demobilized Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla group traces its origins back to 1964. A small group of Marxists inspired by the Cuban revolution founded it on July 4 of that year in La Fortuna, San Vicente de Chucurí municipality, in Colombia’s northeastern department of ...
The National Liberation Army (ELN), Early 2020 - Army …
The Ejército de Liberación Nacional (National Liberation Army, or ELN) is one of the most prominent and virulent guerrilla force structures in northern South America. The ELN is in...
“The Guerrillas Are the Police” - Human Rights Watch
Jan 22, 2020 · Two armed groups impose social control over the residents of Arauca: the National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional, ELN), a guerrilla group formed in the 1960s, and the “Martín...
National Liberation Army (ELN) | Encyclopedia.com
The National Liberation Army (ELN, its Spanish acronym for Ejército de Liberación Nacional), was founded between 1963 and 1965 by Marxist urban intellectuals inspired by Fidel Castro's success in Cuba. The group views themselves as the champion of the poor and also seeks to end foreign influence in Colombia.