Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Colombia: At least 23 dead in clashes between armed rebel groups | Al Jazeera

Violent confrontations between Colombian rebel groups near the country’s border with Venezuela have left at least 23 people dead, Defence Minister Diego Molano told a news conference late on Monday.

Fighting broke out over the weekend in Arauca as members of the National Liberation Army (ELN) fought with dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), who reject a 2016 peace deal, that saw the group demobilise, bringing an end to five decades of armed conflict in the country. The ELN is Colombia’s largest remaining armed rebel group.

The groups were fighting over control of illegal economies such as drug trafficking, according to a statement from Colombia’s army.

Colombia’s human rights ombudsman earlier said at least 16 people had been killed and a dozen families forced from their homes.

The ombudsman’s office expressed “deep concern for the escalation of the armed conflict in Arauca due to the confrontation between illegal armed groups that put the civilian population at grave risk”.


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