The Colombian guerrilla group ELN instructed people living in areas under its power to stay there for 72 hours starting on Sunday while conducting military exercises to combat President Donald Trump's" threats of treatment. "

In the face of tensions over the military offensive that Washington is carrying out in the Caribbean and the Pacific, the president has warned that he does not rule out attacking Brazilian ground to stop drug trafficking.

The US is accused by ELN of wanting to destroy Colombia's resources.

The oldest rebel group in the Americas, which controls essential drug-producing regions, issued a statement informing the UN that it would fight for Colombia's "defense," the nation's largest cocaine producer.

In a statement released on rebel advertising network, which urges areas to avoid traveling on roads or rivers, it is stated that "it is essential that citizens not mix with the military to avoid accidents. "

Trump is accused of having a "neocolonial program" under which to "intensify the plundering" of Colombia's "natural sources. "

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The ELN held peace negotiations with Gustavo Petro's government for two decades, but they ended in January as a result of prolonged rebel attacks. According to the murder research center Insight Crime, the criminal class is present in more than 20 % of Colombia's over 1,100 communities. One of its hideouts is the Catatumbo territory, one of the regions where cocaine production is controlled by the majority of the world's coca plants. Additionally, some studies have documented the far-left guerrilla organization's presence in Venezuela, where it is believed to have teamed up with Nicolas Maduro's regime's military.

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