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| Colombia seizes assets to the ELN guerrillas |
| 2019-03-20 |
| [ELUNIVERSAL] Colombian authorities confiscated 16 properties from the guerrilla group Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) in different areas of the country, including real estate that it allegedly acquired with money from illicit activities, such as drug trafficking and illegal mining. The Attorney General's Office said in a statement that the assets have a value of more than two million dollars and that they were located with the support of the Colombian army and after eight months of intelligence, AP reported. The assets were in the name of "alleged front men of the ELN" and the extinction of ownership was applied, a legal figure by which the government takes control of belongings considered to be products of illicit activities. The properties were located in rural and urban areas, some in commercial activities, and belonged to the finance network of the ELN's Domingo LaÃn Front, which according to the government operates with more than 500 men in an area near the border with Venezuela. The authorities said there were no catches. The illicit properties are located in five municipalities of Arauca, in the east of the country and Risaralda, in the center-west of the country. Most of the properties were rented as homes, although others functioned as ice cream parlors or food stalls. Since July of last year, the ELN has carried out several attacks, especially against the military and police, as well as kidnappings and attacks against the oil infrastructure in different parts of the country. |
| Posted by:Fred |