At least 17 people were killed in fighting between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and dissidents of the 33rd Front of the FARC in the Colombian municipality of Teorama, in the midst of clashes between these two groups in the Catatumbo region, which have caused more than 47,000 displaced people in just over a week. […]

The Venezuelan Defense Minister, Vladimir Padrino López, held a working meeting with the Colombian Defense Minister, Iván Velásquez Gómez on Friday in the city of San Cristóbal, state of Táchira, with regard to the general border situation Catatumbo, Department Norte de Santander, bordering on Venezuela. RELATED: Colombia Declares ‘State of Internal Commotion’ in Catatumbo According […]

Clashes between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and a FARC dissident in the Catatumbo region of Colombia have caused more than 80 deaths, over 20 injuries and thousands of displaced persons, Governor of the department of Norte de Santander, William Villamizar, reported on Sunday. RELATED: Venezuela Welcomes More Than 218 Colombian Displaced People Fleeing Armed […]

More than 218 displaced Colombians fleeing the internal conflict between armed groups in that country were received this Friday in the municipality of Jesús María Semprún, Zulia state, located on the border with Catatumbo and Tibú, Venezuela. RELATED: Venezuela Activates Special Operation to Assist the Civilian Population Displaced From Colombia Clashes between the National Liberation […]

The Colombian army dismantled a warehouse that allegedly belonged to a front of the Central General Staff (EMC), where this dissident FARC group kept 3.7 tons of explosive devices, including anti-personnel mines and gunpowder. RELATED:Colombia: National Assemblies For Social Reforms, Peace and Unity Kicks Off In this cache, located in the municipality of Los Andes […]

The camp was hidden in the Amazon, between the locality of Soplín Vargas (Peru) and Puerto Nariño (Colombia),

According to the minister, the dissidents of the now defunct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) led by Iván Mordisco are not interested in achieving peace, which is why they will return to war. On Tuesday, the Colombian Ministry of Defense announced the culmination of the ceasefire with all the blocks and fronts of the […]

Their agenda will include issues such as the de-escalation of the conflict and the construction of peace territories. On Tuesday, the Colombian government and the Second Marquetalia, the dissident faction of the FARC led by Ivan Marquez, announced that they will begin the first cycle of peace negotiations in Caracas. RELATED: Colombia: Vice-President for Legal […]

Two attacks with explosives, one against a police station and the other on the main road in southwestern Colombia, were perpetrated in the department of Cauca, which is experiencing a security crisis that has worsened since the ceasefire broke out in that region. RELATED: New Massacre in Colombia Leaves Five Dead and Four Wounded Octavio […]

On Sunday Colombian government suspended in three departments the bilateral ceasefire with the Central General Staff (CGS), the main dissidence of the FARC, after that group attacked an indigenous community in the southwest of the country on Saturday. RELATED: Colombia Activates Search for Murderers of Social Leaders Ivan Velasquez, the Minister of Defense ordered by […]