He said that Bogota had video recordings and the exact grid coordinates not only of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) camps, but those of the smaller National Liberation Army (ELN).

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The Colombian ambassador presented videos, photos and maps, which he said proved that 1, 500 members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) and National Liberation Army (ELN) were operating inside Venezuela.

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The paramilitaries and the Colombian government share some of the same enemies - the left-wing Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN).

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