Colombian President Petro ends dialogue process with ELN

Published at: 18/09/2024 08:03 AM

Last Tuesday, the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, ended the dialogue process with the National Liberation Army (ELN), following the attack that left two dead and 27 injured, which occurred this Tuesday on the military base of Puerto Jordán, in the department of Arauca.

“Today we are faced with a dramatic event, repeated in our last years: a dump truck loaded with explosives that injures 27 young people and kills two, according to the data I have, provided by the ELN, with whom we were talking about peace. This, obviously, is an action that practically closes a peace process with blood,” said the head of state

The statement was made by Petro during the inauguration of the new magistrate of the Superior Council of the Judiciary, Claudia Regina Expósito.

According to information provided by the Colombian Army, the ELN guerrillas would be responsible, because the attack occurred in a territory where it is present, Telesur said.

In a statement from the Eighth Division of the National Army, under the operational command of Joint Command number four Orinoquía, it reported that in the morning hours of this Tuesday, “the command post of the 18th Field Artillery Battalion, located in Puerto Jordán, Arauquita, Arauca, was attacked with improvised explosive devices thrown from a dump truck.”

Mazo News Team