The Mexican drug cartel’s recent turf war over trafficking routes has killed dozens of people and displaced tens of thousands ...

Earlier on Monday Petro had warned that his nation’s military will take offensive actions against the National Liberation Army after the rebels, known as the ELN, unleashed a wave of attacks in ...

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

BOGOTA, Feb 8, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Friday that the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel was the "head of the ELN" guerrilla group whose recent turf war over trafficking ...

The ELN has traditionally dominated in Catatumbo, but has been losing ground to holdouts from the FARC, a guerrilla group that largely disbanded after signing a peace deal in 2016 with the government.

Gustavo Aníbal Giraldo, third in command of the armed group, is accused of being the architect of the attacks in Catatumbo, ...

With Donald Trump in the White House and Marco Rubio in the State Department, the days of coddling our anti-American Marxist ...

A series of attacks against civilians has forced Colombia's government to break off peace talks with one of Colombia’s largest rebel groups as fears mount that fighting between rebel groups in the ...

The government has declared a “state of internal commotion” in response to the worst humanitarian crisis in decades ...

The ELN has about 3,500 fighters across Colombia, according to official estimates. On Nov. 4, Petro signed the peace law to enter into negotiations with the armed groups operating in the country ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced that Colombia was suspending permission for previously authorized U.S.

In Colombia's Catatumbo region, thousands have been displaced due to an escalation of violence by the ELN rebel group. President Gustavo Petro has suspended peace talks, challenging efforts to resolve ...