Direct Latam and the Armed Strike and the Resurgence of Violence in Santa Marta, a Tourist Point in Colombia

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The tourist city of Santa Marta, in Colombia, has been the victim of an armed strike by the Autodefensas Conquistadoras of the Sierra Nevada after the death of José Luis Perez Villanueva, alias "El Cholo", considered second leader of the organization. On the other hand, the government attributes to the ELN an attack on a freight train in the Guajira, in the north of the country. Informs Éel María Angulo.