"This horror has gone unpunished for years," says President Petro Gustavo as he orders probe into reports of sexual abuse of Nukak tribe girls in Amazonia "including mostly by white men, someone of whom are soldiers."
Colombian government is holding peace talks with the ELN and has declared a bilateral ceasefire with dissidents who reject a 2016 peace deal signed by the FARC.
Bogota suspend legal effects of ceasefire decree after the country's last recognised rebel group says it didn't discuss any bilateral ceasefire with the government.
Negotiations between Colombia's government and the National Liberation Army look to end the group's part in Colombia's internal conflict, which has run for almost six decades.
Resumption of negotiations "will be next Monday, November 21, in the afternoon in the city of Caracas," reads a statement signed by both sides.
Delegations of Colombia's government and the ELN will restart negotiations after the first week of November, the parties said in a statement after a meeting in Venezuela.
Border bridges are being assessed ahead of the reopening, a decision that Bogota says will help contain "illegal economies and smuggling" between the South American neighbours.
Caracas and Bogota both name new ambassadors to each other's capitals, a first step in normalising diplomatic relations after recent inauguration of Colombian President Gustavo Petro.
Petro has promised to raise taxes on the rich, invest in health care and education, and reform the police after a brutal crackdown on anti-inequality protests last year.
The state response has been "insufficient to reduce the levels of violence, prevent abuses committed by criminal organisations and adequately protect communities in the territories," according to the report.
In a bid to become Colombia's first leftist president Gustavo Petro is racing against Rodolfo Hernandez, who served as mayor of Bucaramanga.
Late drummer Hawkins, 50, died unexpectedly in late March in a Bogota hotel during the group's South American tour, the rest of which was subsequently cancelled.
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