Violence in northeastern Colombia has left over 80 dead and thousands displaced following failed peace talks between the government and the National Liberation Army (ELN). The attacks occurred in the ...

The ELN has traditionally dominated in Catatumbo, but has been losing ground to holdouts from the FARC, a guerrilla group that largely disbanded after signing a peace deal in 2016 with the government.

The ELN has about 3,500 fighters across Colombia, according to official estimates. On Nov. 4, Petro signed the peace law to enter into negotiations with the armed groups operating in the country ...

Among those fleeing were former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, who demobilized in a 2016 peace deal with the government, and have now been targeted by the ELN. The United ...

More than 80 people have been killed in just three days in northeast Colombia following failed attempts to hold peace talks with the rebel National Liberation Army (ELN), an official has said.

Colombia’s government is offering a roughly $700,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of four leaders of a rebel group behind the deadly violence affecting a coca ...