# Colombia launches joint task force to protect pipeline and fight ELN rebels

https://mins.news/en/item/87547

- The Associated Press, 2026-10-06 07:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://bit.ly/4yujNM5

> Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella has launched a joint task force to protect a pipeline and combat rebel groups and drug gangs in the country’s northeast, including the ELN.

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