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.

The children of northeastern Colombia have a message for guerrillas blamed for the country's worst violence in over a decade ...

Colombia’s government on Saturday announced a roughly $700,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s president issued a decree Friday giving him emergency powers to restore order in a ...

particularly “in the Catatumbo River” where a joint action plan is under development given the security crisis stemming from activities by the National Liberation Army (ELN) and dissidents of ...

On the dusty roads that wind through broad river valleys, heavily-armed ... of failing to keep its promise to prioritize the Catatumbo region in its peace efforts. Since coming to power in ...

Bogotá (AFP) – A new bout of fighting between two guerrilla groups in northeastern Colombia, where violence has displaced nearly 50,000 people in 10 days, claimed 13 lives this weekend ...

The conflict in the rural Catatumbo region, where the Colombian state has struggled for decades to gain a foothold, has left at least 80 people dead and 40,000 others displaced over the past 10 ...

Instead, guerillas from the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the Greater Central State (ECM) touched off a brutal war last week in Catatumbo, forcing thousands of local residents to flee to ...

However, it applies only to the rural Catatumbo region near the border with Venezuela, where the Colombian state has struggled for decades to gain a foothold. In the past week, at least 80 people ...