The Colombian military has announced plans to adjust its strategy to counter guerrilla attacks, stating that the FARC and ELN have improved their capacity to blend into civilian populations. By…
The Colombian administration has announced that over the next four years, $43 billion from the recently approved National Development Plan will be spent on peace consolidation programs. According to the…
Colombian police have captured three alleged ELN members accused of assassinating Judge Gloria Constanza Gaona, stating that the perpetrators were aiming to discredit national security forces, El Colombiano reported Monday. The…
Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera issued a resolution Monday night that will see the creation of a second High Mountain Battalion to combat the FARC in the southwestern department of Cauca.…
The commander of Colombia’s armed forces, Admiral Edgar Cely, has said that the FARC and the ELN are “dying” but they will not accept it and are increasing terrorist attacks…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has said that the country is in the final phase of the struggle to achieve peace in the country and has urged the armed forces…
The leader of the ELN, Nicolas Rodriguez Bautista, has called on the government to open peace talks with the ELN in an open letter addressed to Piedad Cordoba. In the…
A hodgepodge of wars being fought between security forces, guerrillas and drug trafficking gangs has made Cauca in the southwest of Colombia, one of the most dangerous departments in the…
Two alleged ELN guerrillas were returned to Colombia on Monday after their arrest in Venezuela for killing four Colombian marines in the border department of Arauca. The two men were…