Colombia’s Marxist guerrilla groups killed almost 2,500 civilians in guerrilla attacks carried out during its half a century armed conflict with the state, according to a new study. The National…
The EPL, a.k.a. “Los Pelusos,” is a drug trafficking guerrilla group that controls a part of northeast Colombia. The group is considered a Class A Organized Armed Group by the authorities. The group…
Colombia has a number of powerful drug trafficking organizations, who have tried to take control of drug trafficking previously controlled by the country’s largest guerrilla group in modern history, the…
Colombia’s EPL guerrilla group released nine hostages on Sunday, a day after kidnapping them in a northeastern department along the Venezuela border, local media reported. The nine hostages kidnapped on…
Colombia police said Thursday they have arrested “David Leon,” the alleged leader of the EPL, a former guerrilla group that controls a major part of drug trafficking routes to Venezuela.…
Almost 1,000 people were forced to flee their homes in the northeast of Colombia over the past three weeks amid heavy fighting between the military and illegal armed groups, the…
One Colombian soldier was killed and three were injured in clashes between government forces and drug traffickers in the northeast of the country on Sunday. The soldier was killed as fighting broke…
Snipers have reportedly killed at least eight members of Colombia’s security forces in the virtually lawless northeastern province of Norte de Santander so far this year. The province for decades has been…