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Colombia’s ELN rebels free 5 police officers as they push for national accord

News-Press Now 20 Jan 2026
The police officers had been taken hostage by the National Liberation Army, or ELN, on Jan ... The ELN has an estimated 5,000 fighters in Colombia and Venezuela ... The ELN has been accused of profiting from ...
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Guerrilla ELN libera a cinco policías secuestrados en el noreste de Colombia

Image Lancaster Online 19 Jan 2026
BOGOTÁ (AP) — La guerrilla colombiana Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) liberó el lunes a cinco policías que mantenía secuestrados desde el 6 de enero en el Catatumbo, en el noreste del país, según informó la Defensoría del Pueblo ... .
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Colombian rebels call for a 'national accord' after the US intervention in Venezuela

Newsday 13 Jan 2026
Pressure on ELN has increased since early this month when the United States captured Venezuela's former President Nicolás Maduro in a pre-dawn raid and flew him to the U.S.
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Colombian rebels call for a ‘national accord’ after the US intervention in Venezuela

The Associated Press 13 Jan 2026
Colombian President Gustavo Petro posted a message on X saying that the ELN has to give up drug trafficking and recruiting ...
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Petro rechaza la propuesta del ELN y advierte de acciones miltiares conjuntas con Venezuela

Europa Press 12 Jan 2026
El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, ha rechazado este lunes la propuesta de Acuerdo Nacional planteada por la guerrilla del Ej�rcito de Liberaci�n Nacional (ELN) y ha advertido de que podr�a haber acciones militares conjuntas con Venezuela ....
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Colombia’s ELN Reacts to Possible Military Operation Targeting It in Venezuela

Colombia One 12 Jan 2026
Far from merely denying military actions, ELN proposes a broader dialogue that, in its words, would address the roots of a conflict that has left deep marks on Colombian society for more than seven decades.
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Colombia, US and Venezuela Plan Joint Operation against ELN Guerrilla, Reports Say

Colombia One 11 Jan 2026
The decision emerges amid growing pressure on the ELN, whose presence in border areas and drug-trafficking routes was for years at the center of complaints about the alleged collusion of Nicolas Maduro’s regime with this criminal organization.
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Petro Claims US Strike in Venezuela was Against an ELN’s Cocaine Lab

Colombia One 31 Dec 2025
attack in Venezuela targeted a facility operated by the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla, contradicting U.S ... Conflicting accounts of the alleged US strike against ELN in Venezuela ... “It is simply ELN,” Petro wrote.
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Binational Insurgency: How the ELN Became Maduro’s ‘Perfect’ Criminal Army

Colombia One 27 Dec 2025
For decades, Colombia viewed the ELN as a stubborn domestic Marxist insurgency ... The ELN has ceased to be solely Colombian ... InSight Crime reveals the ELN has achieved relative governance in Venezuela .
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ELN Declares Christmas Ceasefire in Colombia, Warns of Action in 2026

Colombia One 22 Dec 2025
The guerrilla group Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional (ELN) announced yesterday a unilateral ceasefire in Colombia that will take effect next Wednesday, on the occasion of the Christmas and New Year holidays.
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