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 ...

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 largest rebel groups as fears mount that fighting between rebel groups in the ...

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.

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

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP ... Petro, who was a member of a guerrilla group during his youth, initiated peace talks with the ELN in 2022, after promising in his presidential campaign that he ...

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 ...

COLOMBIAN President Juan Manuel Santos sought talks with Marxist guerillas and their pro-war opponents on Tuesday night to salvage a hard-won peace accord after voters rejected it in a referendum. Mr ...