Colombian President Orders Transfer of ELN and Dissident Leaders from Arauca, Bolsters Border Security

Colombian President De La Espriella ordered the transfer of detained ELN and dissident leaders from Arauca and announced additional troops and tighter border controls following a security meeting. This signals a firming of state posture against armed groups in a strategic border region, though details on the scale of the troop increase and the specific dissident factions remain unspecified.