Overview
- Colombian police say two officers in Cali were killed when a roadside bomb hit their motorcycle patrol during the ELN’s campaign.
- President Gustavo Petro said security forces are ordered to attack the ELN and urged Colombians to continue holiday activities without fear.
- The ELN declared a 72-hour “armed strike” through 6 a.m. Wednesday, telling civilians to stay home and pressing shops and transport to close.
- Colombia’s human rights ombudswoman reported attacks on an army base in Arauca and a police station in Norte de Santander, with an ambulance driver killed during the latter clash.
- The group frames the action as a response to U.S. naval deployments and maritime strikes under President Donald Trump, a rationale the government’s peace delegation condemned as misdirected with talks already suspended since January.