Guerrilla Governance: The ELN’s Social Control in Táchira

Guerrilla Governance: The ELN’s Social Control in Táchira

Guerrilla Governance: The ELN’s Social Control in Táchira On July 25, 2025, bursts of gunfire disrupted the usual calm in La Fría, a town in the Venezuelan state of Táchira, just a few kilometers from the border with Colombia. Citizens recorded a black truck carrying armed men, some in civilian clothes and others in Venezuelan military uniforms, shooting at another vehicle. The confrontation was unusual because the National Liberation Army (Ejér…