BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Monday that he will declare a state ... against the National Liberation Army after the rebels, known as the ELN, unleashed a wave of ...

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

The Colombian president faces criticism from his ministers and public confusion after a chaotic Cabinet meeting that was ...

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 ...

“The delegation of the ELN dialogues has not discussed with the Government of Gustavo Petro any proposal for a bilateral ceasefire, therefore there is still no agreement on that matter,” the ...

Residents of Colombia's troubled Catatumbo region, near the eastern border with Venezuela, are weighing whether to return ...

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

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has said that “cocaine is no worse than whiskey” as he suggested the global cocaine industry could be “easily dismantled” if the drug was legalized worldwide.

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 ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced that Colombia was suspending permission for previously authorized U.S.