Both the ELN and FARC-EMC have long fought for control over this drug-rich area, but recent violence marks a significant ...

The Colombian border village of Tres Bocas has become a ghost town as residents flee to neighboring Venezuela to escape a new ...

Colombia is struggling to contain violence in the mountainous northeastern Catatumbo region, where a 5,800-strong ELN has ...

Colombia’s president has issued a decree giving him emergency powers to restore order in a coca-growing region bordering ...

Inhabitants of the Colombian town of Tibu, on the northern border with Venezuela, have fled following a wave of violence that ...

Colombia called on neighboring Venezuela Thursday to help tackle guerrillas blamed for a week of bloody violence that has ...

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro made a further outreach to Venezuela on Saturday, voicing hope the neighbors can work "together" to confront deadly guerrilla violence.

Located on Colombia’s border with Venezuela, the Catatumbo region has around 300,000 residents and produces 15% of Colombia’s coca crop. The FARC-EMC and the ELN have long battled for control ...

Colombia called on neighboring Venezuela Thursday to help tackle guerrillas blamed for a week of bloody violence that has displaced 40,000 people in the lawless border region. "I've been in ...