section_path: History/Continued conflict: 2017–2022/2020 ceasefire over coronavirus
section_name: 2020 ceasefire over coronavirus
paragraph_text: 2020 ceasefire over coronavirus
  
  In March 2020, the National Liberation Army (ELN) declared a unilateral one-month ceasefire during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, to start on 1 April.
  
  General Luis Fernando Navarro asserted on 5 January 2021 that the ELN lost 700 members through targeted attacks in 2020, and that it still had 2,500 armed combatants.