A United Nations delegation in Colombia was detained by the ELN at an illegal checkpoint in the Catatumbo region, but was later released. A United Nations delegation was kidnapped by the guerrilla group National Liberation Army (ELN) in Colombia, though it was later released. On the afternoon of Tuesday, September 30, an illegal checkpoint led by members of the ELN guerrilla detained a United Nations delegation traveling by car through the region, as part of its work verifying the fight against drug trafficking. Violence by armed groups in the Catatumbo region dates back decades, as do mass displacement and the establishment of refugee camps. The UNODC mission in Colombia, key work in CatatumboUNODC has been carrying out discreet yet decisive work in Colombia, in one of the hemisphere’s most complex contexts: the Catatumbo region, in Norte de Santander.