AL JAZEERA: Colombia’s ELN rebels warn of ‘reprisals’ after commander killed →

Colombia’s largest remaining armed group has warned of “reprisals” after a government bombing killed one of its top commanders this week, prompting experts to predict a rise in attacks.

National Liberation Army (ELN) commander Angel Padilla Romero, better known by the alias Fabian, died in a Cali hospital after being injured in a military bombing on Colombia’s west coast, the government announced on Tuesday.

A commander of the National Liberation Army (ELN) in the northwestern jungles in Colombia on August 30th. Photograph: Federico Rios/Reuters