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

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

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

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

Share article From time to time, Gustavo Arbeláez faces relatives whose losses were caused by the Revolutionary Armed Forces ...

Attacks by powerful militias against civilians reflect the state’s inaction eight years after a peace accord removed a ...

A 2016 peace pact with the main rebel group — the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) — earned then-President Juan ...

Five decades of war among leftist guerrillas, right-wing paramilitaries, drug lords and the government in Colombia have left ...

rebels, in Cúcuta, Colombia, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mario Caicedo) Troops line up for review by Colombian Army ...

The upsurge in violence is the worst since Colombia's 2016 peace accords between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebel group. According to Ortiz, fighters have ...

The ELN has said its offensive is against a faction of former FARC rebels, who rejected a 2016 peace deal but are currently in talks with the government, and demobilized rebels who support them.

Violence escalated last week when members of the ELN attacked civilians, accusing them of collaborating with the FARC-EMC, with ELN rebels reportedly dragging people out of their homes and ...