The National Liberation guerrilla (ELN) has announced a ceasefire in Colombia on the occasion of the Christmas and New Year holidays, which will last from December 24 to January 3, That is, it will last a little more than a week. During this period, as they have indicated in a statement, the armed group will not carry out offensive military operations that could affect the population.
“The National Liberation Army sends a clear message of peace to the Colombian people by declaring a Unilateral Cease Fire for this season of Christmas and New Year festivities,” said the group, which has said that it “directs all its structures not to carry out offensive military operations against the State Armed Forces” between midnight on December 24 and midnight on January 3, 2026.
The guerrillas have also taken the opportunity to criticize the military deployment carried out by the United States in the Caribbean. “to threaten, attack and plunder the people and nations of our continent”. “In these times of aggression by the North American Empire, the ELN is ready together with the patriots to defend the sovereignty of Colombia,” they added.
This occurs just a few days after the group announced a 72-hour armed strike during which there were attacks against military garrisons and the installation of explosives on roads, among other actions. leaving seven soldiers dead on December 18 alone.
Meanwhile, the country’s leader, Gustavo Petro, has announced that negotiations to reach peace with the group have continued, although it has acknowledged that they are currently suspended, especially after the escalation of violence in the Catatumbo region.
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