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National Liberation Army (Colombia)

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The National Liberation Army is a guerrilla insurgency group[1] involved in the continuing Colombian conflict,[2] which has existed in Colombia since 1964. The ELN supports a combination of communist ideology of Marxism–Leninism and liberation theology. In 2013, it was estimated that the ELN forces had about 1,380 and 3,000 guerrillas.[3][4][5] According to former ELN national directorate member Felipe Torres, one-fifth of ELN supporters are armed.[6] The ELN has been classified as a terrorist organization by the governments of Colombia,[7] the United States,[8] Canada,[9] New Zealand,[10] and the European Union.[11]

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  1. ↑ "Cómo es la guerrilla colombiana del ELN autora del atentado con carro bomba que dejó 21 muertos en Bogotá". BBC News Mundo.
  2. ↑ Council Decision of 21 December 2005. Official Journal of the European Union. Accessed 6 July 2008
  3. ↑ "Colombia's ELN rebels release oil workers after brief capture -police". Reuters. 18 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Desmovilización, principal arma contra las guerrillas" (in Spanish). eltiempo.com. 22 September 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Colombia army claims guerrillas have lost 5000 fighters in past 2 years". colombiareports.co. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  6. ↑ "Fear of missing out". The Economist. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  7. ↑ Duque, Iván [@ivanduque] (20 January 2020). "En sesión del Consejo de Seguridad Nacional del pasado viernes, adoptamos listas de EE.UU y UE de los grupos terroristas más peligrosos del mundo, actualizadas a enero de 2020, en las que figura el Eln al lado de organizaciones criminales del mundo. #LuchaContraElTerrorismo" [In a session of the National Security Council last Friday, we adopted US and EU lists of the most dangerous terrorist groups in the world, updated to January 2020, in which the ELN appears alongside criminal organizations in the world.#LuchaContraElTerrorismo] (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 March 2021 – via Twitter.
  8. ↑ "Foreign Terrorist Organizations". Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "Currently listed entities". Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  10. ↑ "Designation of Six Terrorist Entities – 2022-go3560 – New Zealand Gazette". gazette.govt.nz. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  11. ↑ "GROUPS AND ENTITIES". Retrieved 28 January 2018.
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