In the jungle with the ELN, the last Colombian guerrilla
23 June 2019 |
12:42 pm
In a camp in the middle of the Colombian jungle, the last guerilla group in the American continent, the National Liberation Army (ELN), continues its fight against the state, saying that the conflict will continue "for a long time."
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