The Colombian president sought to reach agreements with all of the country’s armed groups, but now finds himself dealing with ...

A social media post from the Defense Ministry detailed the reward for the heads of the National Liberation Army, known by its Spanish language acronym ELN. The move followed President Gustavo Petro’s ...

Earlier on Monday Petro had warned that his nation’s military will take offensive actions against the National Liberation Army after the rebels, known as the ELN, unleashed a wave of attacks in ...

Bogotá insinuates that Caracas provides cover for the ELN guerrillas and Chavismo responds by accusing the Colombian ...

The fighting between two armed drug trafficking groups — fueled and financed in part by a booming global cocaine business — ...

BOGOTA, Feb 8, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Friday that the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel was the "head of the ELN" guerrilla group whose recent turf war over trafficking ...

Failed peace negotiations and the battle for control over valuable territory have produced an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe.

The government has declared a “state of internal commotion” in response to the worst humanitarian crisis in decades ...

Residents of Colombia's troubled Catatumbo region, near the eastern border with Venezuela, are weighing whether to return home after attacks by a rebel group displaced at least 50,000 people over ...

A fierce outbreak of fighting in northern Colombia between rival guerilla factions in a drug turf war, has displaced tens of thousands of people.

In Colombia's Catatumbo region, thousands have been displaced due to an escalation of violence by the ELN rebel group. President Gustavo Petro has suspended peace talks, challenging efforts to resolve ...

A series of attacks against civilians has forced Colombia's government to break off peace talks with one of Colombia’s ...