National Liberation Army
Noun
Meaning
a terrorist organization in Bolivia that acts as an umbrella for numerous small indigenous subversive groups; a revival of a group with Marxist-Leninist ideologies originally established by Che Guevara in the 1960s
a Marxist terrorist group formed in 1963 by Colombian intellectuals who were inspired by the Cuban Revolution; responsible for a campaign of mass kidnappings and resistance to the government's efforts to stop the drug trade
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Examples
ELN kidnappers target foreign employees of large corporations
Just hours after NATO wrapped up the operation, Ali Ahmeti told reporters attending a news conference in the rebel stronghold of Sipkovica that he was dissolving the National Liberation Army and that it was time for ethnic reconciliation.
On 16 June 1994, just before the ceasefires, the Irish National Liberation Army killed a UVF member in a gun attack on the Shankill Road.
In the 18th Independent Monitoring Commission 's report, the RIRA, the CIRA and the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) were deemed a potential future threat.
But life changed abut a year ago when a new gang arrived: Colombia’s National Liberation Army, or ELN.
Gen Murillo said 88% of the kidnappings in 2016 had been committed by “common criminals” who did not belong to either the Farc or Colombia’s second-largest rebel group, the National Liberation Army (ELN).