A Colombian Rebel Group Resumes Attacks After Cease-Fire Ends
cease-fire with this group and negotiating a new one." But he added, "Inexplicably, the ELN didn’t just refuse but resumed attacks this morning." He said he had recalled the leader of his team involved in peace negotiations with the rebels.
that the national government was always open to extending the
The guerrillas said the attacks on Wednesday had "occurred in the middle of a complex situation of conflict
in the country." It called on the government to resume talks but did not offer another cease-fire.
10, 2018
MEDELLÍN, Colombia — Colombia’s fragile peace was shaken on Wednesday as the National Liberation Army, a guerrilla group known as the ELN, attacked a military base
and an oil pipeline just hours after a 102-day cease-fire ended, the government said.
But security analysts say that the ELN is far less organized and more ideological, and
that Mr. Santos, whose term ends this year, has few viable paths to sign a peace agreement with a group that seems interested in continuing attacks.
"They think that through acts of violence, society will rise up to call
that the government signs a peace deal." The attacks appeared to be typical for guerrillas: a midnight raid on a military base in the eastern department of Arauca, in which commandos threw a grenade at soldiers guarding a post, injuring several them.
Near the town of Aguazul, about 100 miles from Bogotá, the capital, another group bombed an oil pipeline, the government said.
that In the government there are sectors that think it’s a waste because it won’t result in anything,
