Development: On 26 October Colombia's left-wing guerrilla group Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) killed 12 members of the security forces in the central department of Boyacá, as they transported votes from the country's day-earlier regional and municipal elections. Significance: The attack, one of the deadliest by the ELN in recent years, came less than 24 hours after President Juan Manuel Santos declared the regional elections, in which ruling coalition candidates performed well nationwide, a vote in support of the peace process being conducted by the government with the country’s main guerrilla group, Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc). This prompted…
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