The ELN rebels’ three-day shutdown that exposed the state’s weakness triggered an escalation of violence, including an exploding van that killed seven people in southwest Colombia on Monday. The van…
Illegal armed groups from both Colombia and Venezuela have taken advantage of the two countries’ broken relations, according to a newly released study. According to the report of Fundacion Paz…
An arrested policeman is accused of being a ringleader of the border branch of “Los Rastrojos,” the group that helped Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido into Colombia last year. Cucuta…
The lieutenant colonel ordering the assassination of a FARC member in northern Colombia in April planned the murder weeks in advance, according to leaked prosecution documents. Weekly Semana reported over…
A mayor candidate whose company allegedly financed death squads accused a journalist of being a FARC guerrilla after again being exposed by a demobilized paramilitary leader. Demobilized paramilitary commander Jorge…
Colombia’s National Electoral Council (CNE) raised the alarm about possible voter fraud in multiple provinces and the country’s second largest city, Medellin. The alarm was raised about suspicious increases in…
Colombia’s authorities confirmed another massacre on Monday amid an apparently intensifying turf war over control over the border with Venezuela. The bodies of three men and one woman were found…
Norte de Santander is a province in the northeast of Colombia, on the border with Venezuela. Skip to Summary | Map | Socio-economics | Places to go | Things to…