The unusually deadly violence delivers a devastating blow to the “total peace” program of the country’s first leftist president, Gustavo Petro.

In just five days, bloodshed has been reported across three Colombian departments -- from the remote Amazon jungle in the south to the mountainous northeastern border with Venezuela, where fighting has displaced almost 20,

Colombian President Gustavo Petro accused the ELN, the country’s largest guerilla group, of committing ‘war crimes’ and declared on social media, “The ELN shows no willingness to make peace”