The Colombian government and the far-left guerrilla National Liberation Army (ELN) signed a six-month temporary ceasefire agreement in Havana. Talks began in November in Caracas before continuing in Mexico City, where both sides pledged to discuss a ceasefire.
The ELN, which numbered 5850 fighters in 2022, has had fruitless talks with five governments. In 2016, a historic agreement, negotiated in Havana, led to the disarmament of the powerful Marxist guerrilla Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)