Overview
- The ELN issued a communiqué asserting it found and authenticated the body of Camilo Torres, offering no public evidence or details on location.
- Colombia’s National Institute of Forensic Medicine said it is analyzing bone samples but has not identified the remains and does not have custody of a body.
- The Search Unit for Disappeared Persons reported significant advances that suggest a presumed location after a two‑year inquiry in Santander using documentary, testimonial, geomatic and anthropological methods.
- President Gustavo Petro stated the remains would be honored at the National University, framing it as a tribute to Torres’s academic and religious legacy pending confirmation.
- The claims revive a decades‑old dispute over the fate of the priest‑sociologist killed in 1966 and intersect with stalled government‑ELN talks and the group’s current political messaging.