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the guerrilla National Liberation Army (ELN) released two minors that it had in its possession in the Colombian department of araucaborder with VenezuelaThe Ombudsman’s Office reported this Thursday.
“From the Ombudsman’s Office we continue to provide our humanitarian channels and our mediation experience to facilitate the safe return of all people who are in the power of illegal armed groups,” assured the ombudsman, Carlos Camargoquoted in a statement from his office.
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The minors were handed over to a humanitarian mission made up of the Ombudsman’s Office, the Diocese of Arauca of the Catholic Church and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), after being kidnapped by the guerrillas on November 24.
After receiving them, the mission activated the protection route and will hand over the two minors to the Colombian Institute for Family Welfare (ICBF), which will carry out the administrative process to restore their rights.
In this line, Camargo valued the release and stressed the importance of the illegal armed groups having peace gestures that favor the dialogues promoted by the President’s government Gustavo Petro.
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The petro government and the THE N They restarted the talks in Venezuela that had been frozen since 2018 and announced that they intend to invite the US, along with other countries including Spain and Germany, as guarantors.
Source: Elcomercio
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