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In an article published on the guerrilla website, the only active guerrillas in Colombia said that the cadet school is a "military facility" in which officers are trained. They then act in "combat intelligence, conduct military operations, and actively participate in the war against the insurgency," according to Efe.
For this reason, the guerrillas claim that "the operation against such an installation is legal under the law of war". For the ELN, there were no other victims than fighters.
The Colombian government had already blamed the attack on ELN. On Friday, the Prosecutor General's Office and the Ministry of Defense identified the driver of the vehicle as José Aldemar Rojas Rodríguez, 56, a member of the guerrillas.
Made up of about 2,000 fighters, the National Liberation Army is considered a terrorist organization by the United States and the European Union.
Colombian President Iván Duque, who considered the incident a "terrorist act", ordered the reinstatement of arrest warrants against the ten guerrilla members who participated in the negotiations. in Cuba, which mediated dialogue.
"Peace not advance and the process recedes if the opponents of a war are not respected.
According to the badessment of the ELN, Duque did not give the "necessary dimension" to the gesture of guerrilla peace, which implemented a unilateral truce during the war, December 23 and January 3.
"They (the armed forces) pro cease-fire to advance the positions of their troops. It is therefore very disproportionate that, if the government attacks us, it means that we can not react in self-defense, "ELN said in the text, trying to justify the attack against the government. School of Cadets of the National Police in Bogota.
The attack was largely repudiated by Colombians and the international community.On Sunday, tens of thousands of people, including Duque, took to the streets from different cities of the country to criticize the action of the ELN and express their support to the national police
. ELN calls for a ceasefire in order to create a "favorable climate "for peace negotiations, but does not quote any of Duque's conditions since the president seized power last August.
to resume dialogue with ELN, it is necessary that guerrillas release all abductees that the group maintains and renounce all criminal activity in the country.
Nevertheless, ELN asks to send a delegation of peace to Cuba to continue the process and the construction of the agreements concluded with the previous government.
