Colombia suspends peace talks with ELN rebel group again after violence in northeastern region

At least 80 people killed in northeast Colombia as peace talks fail, official says

More than 80 people were killed in the country’s northeast over the weekend following the government's failed attempts to hold peace talks with the National Liberation Army, a Colombian official said.Twenty others were injured in the violence that has forced thousands to flee as Colombia's army scrambled to evacuate people on Sunday, according to William Villamizar, governor of North Santander, where many of the killings took place.Among the vic…

Colombia's President Suspends Peace Talks With ELN

Colombia President Gustavo Petro suspended the peace talks with the armed guerrilla organization National Liberation Army (ELN), saying that the organization has “no will for peace.” Petro announced the decision on Friday, January 17, considering the ELN responsible for “war crimes” committed in the Catatumbo region. “What the ELN has committed in Catatumbo are war crimes. The dialogue process with this group is suspended. The ELN has no will fo…

Colombian government suspends talks with left-wing rebels after clashes

President Gustavo Petro accused the ELN guerrillas of committing 'war crimes'

Colombia suspends peace talks with ELN rebels over border fighting

Colombia on Friday suspended peace talks with the National Liberation Army, or ELN, for a second time in less than a year after blaming the rebel group for recent violence in a northeastern region. The ELN has been fighting ex-rebels of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia guerrilla group, or FARC, in a region known as Catatumbo, close to the border between Colombia and Venezuela.

Colombia: At least 39 killed in guerilla violence

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has accused leftist guerillas of committing "war crimes" near the Colombia-Venezuela border. The government has paused peace talks with the group.

The National Liberation Army guerrillas were involved in the deaths of nearly 40 people in two days.