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Seven terrorists were arrested when soldiers stormed this jungle camp after paramilitaries took part in a bizarre drag performance.

Members of the Columbian Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional were partying dressed in bikinis in their jungle hideout when the it was raided.

Two Colombian intelligence officers had managed to infiltrate the ELN - also known as the National Liberation Army - and were partying with around 20 of them.

They recorded this footage, which has been released to local media, before things took a strange turn at midnight.

A bizarre beauty pageant started with several of the men dressing up in bikinis and bras.

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One man was photographed wearing a green dress and smiling.

After everyone gathered and got severely drunk, the intelligence officers alerted their army contacts who stormed the place and arrested seven senior rebel officials.

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The ELN is a guerrilla group in the country committed to the overthrow of the government.

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Like the better-known FARC rebels - The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - the ELN have bases in remote jungle areas and operate in small groups.

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But it funds itself in much the same way as its better known competitor - kidnappings, ransoms, extortion and drug trafficking.

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Branded a terrorist organisation by the US and EU, it has an estimated membership of somewhere between 1,300 and 3,000 members.