A guerrilla front is responsible for the attack, which justifies the operations of the Police on the border with Venezuela. Government and ELN negotiators have been locked up for weeks negotiating a peace deal to end Latin America's last active guerrilla group.
The guerrillas resist, justifying themselves in that they are waging several wars at the same time with the Army, the FARC dissidents and the Clan del Golfo. However, these attacks call into question the total peace of Petro, a process with which he seeks to pacify the country by negotiating with all criminal groups.