US EditionColombia says ELN rebels killed 2 police officers as group protests US military buildup
The ELN's 72-hour strike protested U.S. military presence near Venezuela, causing closures and attacks that killed two police officers in Cali, officials said.
- On Tuesday, Colombian police said two police officers were killed in Cali after a roadside bomb hit their motorcycles during a patrol and they later died at a nearby hospital amid increased rebel attacks.
- On Sunday, the National Liberation Army launched a 72-hour armed strike to protest a U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean, forcing schools and businesses to close in ELN-controlled areas while stepping up attacks on government targets.
- Colombia's human rights ombudswoman said the group attacked a police station and military base in border provinces over the weekend, killing an ambulance driver; the ELN has 6,000 fighters and supports Nicolás Maduro.
- Negotiations were suspended in January after ELN attacks displaced more than 50,000 people in the Catatumbo region, and President Gustavo Petro called the group `drug traffickers dressed up as guerrillas`.
- Colombian officials said Monday the ELN's protest `lacks any sense whatsoever` as it targets communities, the government criticized Trump administration deployments near Venezuela, and the ELN has not claimed the Cali attack.
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Colombia says ELN rebels killed 2 police officers as group protests the US military buildup
Colombian police say two officers were killed in the city of Cali in an attack by the rebels of the National Liberation Army, or ELN. The officers were patrolling on motorcycles when two explosions occurred. They were taken to a…
Turmoil Escalates: ELN Armed Strikes Challenge Colombian Peace
Turmoil Escalates: ELN Armed Strikes Challenge Colombian Peace Tensions continue to rise in Colombia as the National Liberation Army (ELN) escalates attacks in response to U.S. military movements in the Caribbean. On Tuesday, two officers were killed in Cali when their patrol was struck by a roadside bomb, further intensifying the conflict.The ELN, a group with roots in Marxist ideology, began a 72-hour armed strike last weekend, disrupting comm…
Four police officers were killed in two Colombian departments on Tuesday in attacks that authorities said were carried out by guerrillas who control cocaine trafficking in the country, which is the world's largest producer of the drug. In the city of Cali, in southwestern Colombia, two police officers were killed in the early hours of the morning when improvised explosive devices exploded. The attack was attributed to ELN guerrillas. The two men…
The president of the capital Vallecaucana revealed in an interview with La FM the details of the attack that occurred in the early morning of this Tuesday, December 16, when an explosive device was activated against a patrol in the southeastern part of the city. “Around 4:00 a.m. an artifact exploded as a police patrol passed,” said Eder, who described the incident as a painful news for Cali and the public forces. The explosion occurred in the v…
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