The mountains of Catatumbo in eastern Colombia are so dangerous that the police and army generally don’t stray far from their barracks for fear of snipers.

Social movements and community organizations demand peace as violence breaks out in the northeastern region of Colombia.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro says he will declare an emergency over the guerrilla attacks in the northeast that have killed dozens of people and forced thousands to flee.

Colombia’s government is reactivating arrest orders for the top leadership of the nation’s largest rebel group.

The violence, carried out over the last four days in a northeast region called Catatumbo, is some of the worst the country has suffered through in recent years. And it has raised concerns that the ...

More than 80 people were killed in the country’s northeast over the weekend following the government’s failed attempts to hold peace talks with the National Liberation Army, a Colombian official said.

WOLA joins the United Nations, Human Rights Ombudsman, Defendemos la Paz, and others calling for an immediate end to the violence perpetrated by illegal armed groups in the Catatumbo region in Colombia,

Officials said the attacks happened in several towns located in the Catatumbo region near the border with Venezuela, with at least three people who were part of the peace talks being kidnapped.

Officials said the attacks happened in the Catatumbo region near the border with Venezuela, following the government's failed attempts to hold... BOGOTÁ, Colombia — More than 80 people were ...

The ELN launched an assault in the northeastern Catatumbo region last Thursday ... reinforcing a humanitarian corridor between Tibu and Cucuta for the safe passage of those forced to flee their ...