Guerrilla group EMC killed six soldiers in an attack with improved explosive devices in northern Colombia, the commander of the army’s 7th Division said Friday. The attack, which injured another…
The deadly violence against Colombia’s community leaders and rights leaders dropped slightly in the first six months of the year compared to the same period in 2023. According to the…
Guerrilla group EMC threatened demobilized former FARC rebels and order them to abandon their homes in southern Colombia. In a letter, the EMC’s Ivan Diaz Front said that fighters of…
Colombia government officials traveled to Venezuela’s capital Caracas for the formal start of peace talks with the “Segunda Marquetalia” guerrilla group. Peace Commissioner Otty Patiño and government negotiators arrived in…
Colombia’s defense minister told Congress that FARC dissident group EMC used a ceasefire with the security forces to strengthen their control over the Cauca province. Defense Minister Ivan Velasquez was…
The father and a nephew of Colombia’s Vice-President Francia Marquez survived a gun attack in the southwest of Colombia. According to authorities, the car of Sigifredo Marquez was attacked while…
Illegal armed groups that hold a major guerrilla stronghold in southwest Colombia “are better armed than the security forces,” according to a top security official from the Cauca province. The…
Negotiators of Colombia’s government and ELN guerrillas successfully ended talks on the first of six points on the peace talks agenda. At a press conference in the Venezuelan capital Caracas,…
Armed conflict surged forced displacement and confinement in multiple parts of Colombia, according to the United Nations’ humanitarian agency OCHA. In its quarterly report, OCHA said that the number of…