The National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas are targeting community leaders and former members of a separate rebel group in the northeastern Catatumbo region, Defense Minister Ivan Velasquez said on Sunday,

Terrified residents carrying backpacks and belongings on overladen motorcycles, boats, or crammed onto the backs of open trucks, fled the region over the weekend.

Army said 5,000 soldiers have been sent to Norte de Santander to ‘reinforce security’ amid violence in mountainous cocaine-producing region.

(Reuters) - Colombian President Gustavo Petro called off peace talks with the leftist National Liberation Army (ELN), on Friday, after accusing the group of committing a war crime in the Catatumbo region. "The dialogue process with this group is suspended, the ELN has no will for peace", Petro said on X.

Officials in Colombia say about 60 people have been killed in the country’s northeast region following failed attempts to hold peace talks with the National Liberation Army

It is the second time in less than a year that Colombian authorities halt peace talks with the National Liberation Army, or ELN, after blaming the rebel group for recent violence in the northeastern region of Tibu.

A growing consequence of President Gustavo Petro’s push to wean Colombia off fossil fuels is unfolding at a sprawling natural gas import complex on the nation’s coast.It’s there, along the Caribbean Sea near Cartagena,

Alexei Rojas, the 19-year-old Arsenal goalkeeper, is set to represent Colombia at the 2025 South American U20 Championship in Venezuela. Born in England to a Russian mother and Colombian father, Rojas has embraced his Colombian heritage, committing to the Cafeteros despite holding triple nationality.

Gladis Angarita, 62, fled her village in northeast Colombia in terror last Friday, among thousands escaping a fresh guerrilla onslaught that has claimed dozens of lives in just a few days.

WOLA joins the United Nations, Human Rights Ombudsman, Defendemos la Paz, and others calling for an immediate end to the violence perpetrated by illegal armed groups in the Catatumbo region in Colombia,

A fresh outbreak of guerrilla violence amid a faltering peace process in Colombia has left more than 80 people dead, including civilians, and displaced thousands in just four days, officials