As Colombia escalates its military operations against the ELN guerrilla after weeks of violence in Catatumbo region, ...

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

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

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

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

Where the Catatumbo River meets Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela, lightning strikes up to 300 times a year for as many as 9 hours a night. "Catatumbo Lightning," also known as the Maracaibo Beacon, holds ...

At least 80 people have been killed and thousands more displaced in Colombia’s Catatumbo region in the past week as fighting intensifies between the ELN and holdouts from the Revolutionary Armed ...

The Colombian border village of Tres Bocas has become a ghost town as residents flee to neighboring Venezuela to escape a new wave of violence that has left at least 80 people dead and displaced ...

Residents cross a river to Venezuela from Colombia's Tibu, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, following guerrilla attacks that killed dozens and forced thousands to flee their homes in the Catatumbo region.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia's government is reactivating arrest orders for the top leadership of the nation's largest rebel group following attacks on civilians as part of a deadly turf war with ...

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.