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Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional


Details
Center of GravityColombia
ScopeNational
GoalMarxist insurgency
StatusActive
Core membership3,0001
Alias(es)National Liberation Army, ELN
FormedJan. 6, 1963
 
 
Narrative and Notes
ReliablePrimarily rural-based.

Attacks petroleum industry.

Receives logistical support from Cuba.

As of 2005, in preliminary peace talks with Colombia.1
 
 
Sources
1U.S. State Department. 'Country Reports on Terrorism.' 2005.
 
 
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