Colombia: ELN guerrillas release minor

Colombian National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas, the last still active in Colombia, released a young minor still and handed him over to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Tuesday, said this last. He "is in good health and has been handed over to officials of the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare" , the administration responsible for the rights of children and adolescents in Colombia, the ICRC said on its Twitter account. Neither the length of his detention in the hands of the ELN nor his age have been specified.

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The end of the kidnapping of people is one of the conditions imposed by Colombian President Iván Duque before any peace dialogue with the ELN, as well as the end of all activity deemed to be "criminal" . Considered the last active guerrilla warfare in Colombia after the peace agreement that concluded the disarmament of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the Farc, the ELN, created in 1964, has around 2,300 combatants and a vast network of support in some urban areas.