Colombia's rebel guerrilla group, National Liberation Army (ELN), has urged the government to keep its promise of funding projects for rebels to earn a livelihood, so that they can stop kidnapping civilians and demanding ransom.
Antonio García, the head of ELN, clarified on Christmas Eve that Colombian officials and journalists had circulated wrong information to the public on Dec. 17 that the rebel group had agreed to suspend kidnappings in the country if the ceasefire with the government was extended in 2024.
