Eln Orders Armed Strike in Chocó and Leaves at Least 6,000 People Confined
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The ELN guerrilla. Photo: Youtube/Principio Esperanza The ELN began an armed strike in Chocó that already restricts river mobility and aggravates the humanitarian crisis in Bajo Baudó. Since Wednesday, March 17, the National Liberation Army (ELN) launched the first armed strike of 2026, concentrating again the pressure in the department of Chocó. The action, announced by the Western War Front Ogli Padilla, keeps close to 6,000 people in the sub-…
More than 6,000 people confined in Chocó due to violent escalation of the ELN Agencia Period... Wed, 18/03/2026 - 06:41 The government warned about serious impacts on food security and community mobility, as attacks against the security forces in the region intensify. Tags Regions
Governor Nubia Carolina Córdoba Curi denounced this Tuesday that since midnight the armed group imposed an illegal constraint on the Docampadó, Ijuá and Orpúa rivers, blocking the free mobility and supply of 16 Afro communities and 10 indigenous communities that depend on river transport as the only means of communication. The president made the complaint through her X account and immediately installed a security council with the participation o…
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