ELN
National Liberation Army Colombia − Colombia
The following information is based on "Patterns of Global Terrorism" - US State Dept.
The ELN is a Marxist guerilla group founded in 1963 under the inspiration of the Cuban Revolution.
History
The group conducted peace talks with the Colombian government during 1992 which were unsuccessful. Recently talks were scheduled for june 1998, but were called off by ELN until after the June 21 presidential elections in Colombia.
Activities
The group periodically kidnaps foreign employees of large corporations and holds them for large ransom payments. It conducts frequent assaults on oil infrastructure and has inflicted major damage on pipelines. It often employs extortion and bombings against US and other foreign businesses, especially the petroleum industry. The group forces coca and opium poppy cultivators to pay protection money and attacks the government's efforts to eradicate these crops.
The ELN is a Marxist guerilla group founded in 1963 under the inspiration of the Cuban Revolution.
History
The group conducted peace talks with the Colombian government during 1992 which were unsuccessful. Recently talks were scheduled for june 1998, but were called off by ELN until after the June 21 presidential elections in Colombia.
Activities
The group periodically kidnaps foreign employees of large corporations and holds them for large ransom payments. It conducts frequent assaults on oil infrastructure and has inflicted major damage on pipelines. It often employs extortion and bombings against US and other foreign businesses, especially the petroleum industry. The group forces coca and opium poppy cultivators to pay protection money and attacks the government's efforts to eradicate these crops.
