Overview
- The video appeal, confirmed as authentic by the dissident faction, urges coordination to resist perceived U.S. interference.
- Ivan Mordisco addressed the ELN, Second Marquetalia, and the Bolivarian Army Guerrilla Coordinating Board while excluding the Central General Staff splinter that broke away in 2024.
- Security sources say the proposed coalition could count more than 11,000 members funded largely by drug trafficking and illegal gold mining.
- Colombian Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez argued the unity push is a tactic to protect the leader from being captured by the armed forces.
- The message followed the U.S. operation in Venezuela that placed Nicolás Maduro in U.S. custody and came after President Trump suggested possible action against Colombia and disparaged President Gustavo Petro.