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Colombian authorities is holding peace talks with the ELN and has declared a bilateral ceasefire with dissidents who reject a 2016 peace deal signed by the FARC.
(Reuters Archive)
At least 11 fighters have
been killed throughout clashes in northeast Colombia between
dissident former members of the now-demobilised FARC guerrilla
motion and National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels, the military
mentioned.
The preventing over territorial management in Puerto Rondon municipality in Arauca province, close to the border with Venezuela, started on Tuesday, the nationwide military mentioned on Thursday.
Soldiers had been within the space to revive order and permit residents to return to regular actions, it added in a press release.
President Gustavo Petro has pledged to finish the nation’s
almost six-decade battle between the federal government, rebels and
crime gangs based by former paramilitaries, which has killed
at the very least 450,000 individuals.
READ MORE: FARC dissident group broadcasts momentary truce in Colombia
Hundreds useless or displaced
His authorities is holding peace talks with the ELN and has declared a bilateral ceasefire with dissidents who reject a 2016 peace deal signed by the FARC.
Confrontations between armed teams competing for territory aren’t unusual in Arauca, the place previous incidents left a whole lot useless or displaced, or in neighbouring Venezuela, the place the teams additionally function.
Some 352 individuals had been murdered in Arauca in 2022, in keeping with the human rights ombudsman’s workplace, many as a consequence of fight between the ELN and dissidents.
READ MORE: Colombia suspends truce with ELN armed group
Source: Reuters
