Colombia Reports
At least 11 soldiers died and another five were injured in an attack carried out by alleged ELN rebels in the northeast of Colombia on Monday, local media reported.
When attacked, the soldiers reportedly were traveling through the Guican de la Sierra municipality located on the border between the Boyaca and Arauca after supervising Sunday’s local elections.
While most media reported 11 deaths, weekly Semana said that as many as 18 soldiers had died in the rebel ambush.
The ELN, Colombia’s second largest rebel group, has been fighting the Colombian state since 1964, using the region where the attack took place as one of its main areas of control.
The group’s leadership has been negotiating with the Colombian government about the possible formalization of peace talks, but neither party has ended hostilities.
On Sunday, when the country was holding local and regional elections, the ELN killed another soldier in an attack in the northwest of the country.
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