Colombian authorities on Friday reported that at the very least 39 individuals have actually been eliminated in physical violence including a guerrilla team near the Colombia-Venezuela boundary.
The physical violence has actually triggered President Gustavo Petro to put on hold peace negotiation with the leftist National Liberation Army (ELN).
“The dialogue process with this group is suspended, the ELN has no will for peace,” Petro composed on X on Friday, calling what the team did “war crimes.”
What do we understand regarding the physical violence?
ELN boxers struck unorthodox participants of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in numerous towns and ranches in the Catatumbo area in the North Santander division.
More than 30 individuals were eliminated with over 20 harmed, according to Norte de Santander guv William Villamizar.
The Colombian federal government claimed at the very least 5 of those eliminated were demobilized previous FARC rebels that had actually approved the 2016 tranquility arrangement.
In an additional occurrence, 9 individuals passed away in physical violence including ELN boxers and the Clan del Golfo, the nation’s primary criminal gang, in the neighboring Bolivar division.
Stalled peace negotiation
The tranquility procedure in between the Colombian federal government and the ELN, which rebooted in 2022, has actually been tormented by troubles.
In September in 2015, the federal government put on hold settlements complying with an assault on an army base that left 2 soldiers dead and greater than 2 lots harmed.
The physical violence is an obstacle for Petro, Colombia’s initially left-wing head of state, and his front runner safety plan of “total peace.”
His technique has actually sought to eliminate the ELN from its duty in the nation’s six-decades-long inner armed problem.
ess/sms (Reuters, AFP, EFE)
