Missile attack on the Colombian army base/ 23 soldiers were killed and wounded
According to Webangah News quoted by Mehr News Agency, according to ABC, the Colombian army released a statement and announced that at least 2 soldiers were killed and 21 others were injured following an attack on a military base of this country in the northeast of Colombia. became.
The Colombian army named the armed opposition group “National Liberation Army” as responsible for this attack, and after this attack, Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced that the peace talks With this rebel group is suspended or canceled.
The rebel group the National Liberation Army, or ELN, violated a ceasefire with the Colombian government in August, although it is now in talks to end five decades of tension with the government. It is with the Colombian government.
The rebel group of the National Liberation Army announced that elements of this group attacked the military base from a cargo truck that was parked near a base in the city of Porto Jordan. Homemade rockets hit the target.
ELN was founded in the early 1960s by union leaders and university students inspired by the Cuban Revolution. This group has about 6,000 fighters in Colombia and Venezuela and finances itself through drug trafficking and illegal gold mining.