National Liberation Army News

The Russian Embassy in Colombia, Colombia`s High Peace Commissioner and the Foreign Ministry in Moscow did not immediately respond to requests for comment.  

Rebels with Colombia`s National Liberation Army (ELN) group have freed two Dutch journalists snatched days ago in the country`s northeast.

The Colombian government is due to open talks Thursday with the country`s second-largest rebel group, the National Liberation Army (ELN), but a down-to-the-wire hostage dispute has kept the nation in suspense.

The ELN on Saturday also freed a police patrolman it kidnapped on March 20.  

Leftist rebels have ambushed poll workers transporting ballots cast at an indigenous reservation in Colombia's regional elections, killing 12 security forces members who were protecting the group.