“It is a sabotage” say some, “that is total peace” others point out, the fact has generated fear on a highway in Norte de Santander where the passage of trucks and mule tractors is frequent.
Colombian News.
Norte de Santander, one of the departments hardest hit by the ELN, this Monday experienced a scene of fear again when they set fire to the motorcycle of five mule tractors that were passing through the Bucarasica – Ocaña highway.
Five cargo trucks are affected.
Armed individuals lowered the drivers with threats and proceeded to set the engines on fire.
On the entire highway, and next to the abyss, the workers of the steering wheel could not do anything.
However, although there was talk of an armed group, until now it has not been determined what it was. It is not clear if it was the ELN that began talks with the government on Monday to seek a peace process.
On the burned mule tractors, although the drivers managed to put out the flames so that they did not burn completely, they were affected and could not light them. Now the whole process is to move them from that area on cranes.
#THE LAST | At least five tractor-trailers were burned on the Bucarasica – Ocaña highway, Norte de Santander, presumably by an armed group.
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dialogues
In Colombia there is again expectation for a new attempt at dialogue with the National Liberation Army, ELN, as on other occasions, that negotiating table was set up outside the country, which will be in Caracas, Venezuela.
“One of the biggest bets of the current government that seeks a negotiated solution to the armed conflict with its so-called “Total Peace” is configured, says the international press.
This attempt to reach peace with the second largest guerrilla in Colombia after the extinct FARC -today partly in dissidents- began with former president Juan Manuel Santos (2010-2018), but could not continue with the government of Iván Duque (2018-2022) after the deadly terrorist attack at the police school.
Regarding the ELN negotiators, 17 in total, the Prosecutor’s Office notified the judicial police of the country, that for now, the arrest warrants have been cancelled, while the negotiation process is being carried out.
This new attempt at dialogue, the sixth, generates expectations In colombia because this time, it is done with a leftist government.
An expectation that generates divided opinions in Norte de Santander, which is one of the departments hardest hit by this guerrilla.
