The group, known in Spanish as the ELN, was founded in the 1960s by university students, priests and union leaders inspired by the Cuban revolution. It currently has 6,000 fighters in Colombia and ...

Both of Díaz's parents were seized at gunpoint in his hometown of Barrancas by left-wing guerrillas of the National Liberation Army (ELN) on 28 October. While his mother was found, his father is ...

The National Liberation Army (ELN) said it would stop fighting from Thursday, ahead of a full ceasefire in August. Colombia's defence minister confirmed the armed forces would also be told to halt ...