Two leaders of the National Liberation Army (ELN) were captured in the department of Arauca and Meta. The operation was carried out by the National Navy, together with the National Army and the Attorney General’s Office, reported News Radio.
Two leaders of the National Liberation Army (ELN) were captured in the department of Arauca and Meta. The operation was carried out by the National Navy, together with the National Army and the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, reported News Radio.
This is alias ‘Mono’ Gavilán, alleged leader of the urban commandos and intelligence commandos of the Héroes y Mártires structure of the Eastern War Front of the GAO – THE N.
This ELN member is accused of planning, conducting, and extorting actions against ranchers, merchants, and hydrocarbon companies in Arauca. He is also accused of carrying out criminal intelligence on the Public Force to advance terrorist actions.
For his part, alias ‘Deaf‘ was also captured in the apartment of the araucaThis would be part of the sub-structure “Battalion Héroes y Mártires” of the Organized Armed Group THE N.
It was learned that the operation was carried out in the midst of an order that had been issued by the government of Gustavo Petro to resume operations throughout the territory, after the refusal by the guerrillas of a bilateral ceasefire in the midst of the peace talks that were taking place. advance.
The Colombian Interior Minister, Alfonso Prada, announced on Tuesday, January 4, that the Petro administration suspended the bilateral ceasefire against the ELN, after the insurgent group stated in a statement the day before that it had not agreed to suspend operations. during the first round of negotiations that took place in Caracas.
Prada, at a press conference, assured that on several occasions the ELN had spoken of a bilateral ceasefire and after December 19, the date on which the talks with the Colombian government’s negotiating team ended, he said that the insurgent group had requested that they act accordingly and agree to a ceasefire.
He said that this is why Gustavo Petro issued a decree to suspend hostilities. However, he said that while a ceasefire is being discussed in the next cycle of talks to be held in Mexico, the head of the Interior Ministry asked the ELN to speak out and establish a truce; after the peasantry in various departments of the country called for a ceasefire.
In December 2022, FundaRedes presented a report according to which there is a presence of armed groups in 75% of border schools. The statement was made after applying 412 interviews in educational centers located in border areas in the states of Amazonas, Apure, Bolívar, Falcón, Táchira and Zulia.
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