National Liberation Army (Colombia)

The National Liberation Army is a guerrilla insurgency group involved in the continuing Colombian conflict,Council Decision of 21 December 2005. Official Journal of the European Union. Accessed 6 July 2008 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. According to former ELN national directorate member Felipe Torres, one-fifth of ELN supporters are armed. The ELN has been classified as a terrorist organization by the governments of Colombia, the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and the European Union.

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