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ELN attacks in Cúcuta reveal armed control over Colombian border city | The City Paper Bogotá

Cúcuta, Colombia’s largest border city, is reeling from a security crisis following a series of terrorist attacks attributed to the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla. The Mayoralty has imposed a curfew to contain the situation, but with residents under lockdown, concerns over the guerrilla’s control of the departmental capital of Norte de Santander has sent shock waves throughout the nation. On the night of February 20, Colombian authorit…