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.
At least 80 dead, several kidnapped in Colombia after failed peace ...
18 hours 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.
National Counterterrorism Center | FTOs - 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 60 killed in Colombia amid failed peace talks with National ...
22 hours ago · The attack comes after Colombia suspended peace talks with the National Liberation Army for the second time in less than a year. The ELN has been fighting against former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, guerrilla group in Catatumbo, located near the border with Venezuela, as it infiltrates rural areas once occupied by the …
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 ...
Colombia extends cease-fire with National Liberation Army as …
Feb 6, 2024 · BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government and the nation’s largest remaining guerrilla group have extended by six months a ceasefire that began last year, with the National Liberation Army rebels also promising to stop kidnapping civilians for ransom. The truce was set to expire on Tuesday.
Officials say some 60 people killed in northeast Colombia as …
21 hours ago · BOGOTÁ, Colombia -- Officials in Colombia say about 60 people have been killed in the country’s northeast region following failed attempts to hold peace talks with the National Liberation Army ...
National Liberation Army | Colombian guerrilla group | Britannica
In Colombia: La Violencia, dictatorship, and democratic restoration. The first was the National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional; ELN), which was created by a group of Colombian students who had studied in Cuba. Founded in 1964, the ELN followed strategies espoused by Che Guevara.
Colombia - United States Department of State
Colombia. Overview: The National Liberation Army (ELN) has seen a resurgence and in some areas of Colombia is filling the void left by FARC ex-combatants who left the battlefield. Colombian authorities estimate there are around 3,000 active members of the ELN, 1,400 of whom the government claims are camped across the border in Venezuela.
National Liberation Army (Colombia) - Wikiwand
The National Liberation Army (Spanish: Ejército de Liberación Nacional, ELN) is a Marxist–Leninist guerrilla insurgency group involved in the continuing Colombian conflict, which has existed in Colombia since 1964. The ELN advocates a composite communist ideology of Marxism-Leninism and liberation theology.