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Today (July 15), explosives reportedly belonging to the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) were left on a road in the San Pedro neighborhood of Cúcuta, blocking traffic until an explosives disposal unit could safely remove them. Two days earlier, an explosion damaged a section of the Caño Limón–Coveñas oil pipeline near Saravena, temporarily disrupting the
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On July 10th, the Colombian military conducted a bombing campaign in the Bajo Cauca region of Antioquia targeting a Clan del Golfo encampment. Defense Minister Pedro Sánchez stated that the operation killed 30-40 members of irregular groups (the specific groups were not specified). These bombings were originally reported to have occurred near Valdivia, but in
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Over 65 farmers fled Yondó, Antioquia today (July 12) due to a clash between the ELN and Clan del Golfo. According to the Mayor’s office in Yondó fighting broke out between the two groups in Puerto Matilde but quickly spread to the rest of the Cimitarra River valley. This is the latest in a series