EPL ends economic shutdown in northeast Colombia
The EPL, a dissident guerrilla faction from northeast Colombia, announced Monday they will end their imposed economic shutdown in the Catatumbo region where they are at war with ELN rebels.…
The EPL, a dissident guerrilla faction from northeast Colombia, announced Monday they will end their imposed economic shutdown in the Catatumbo region where they are at war with ELN rebels.…
The small EPL guerrilla group announced Tuesday that it is open to talks with ELN guerrillas to end a turf war that is affecting almost 150,000 people in northeast Colombia.…
Colombia sent 2,000 soldiers to the conflict-affected region of Catatumbo in a bid to stabilize escalating tensions between illegal armed groups in the northeast of the country. The directive, handed…
Alleged guerrillas of the ELN, Colombia’s last-standing rebel group, kidnapped four people in a war-torn region close to the border with Venezuela. Witnesses told local media they saw men in…
Armed conflict between illegal armed groups and security forces on Colombia’s border with Venezuela has deteriorated to the point locals asked the military to retreat. Locals in the town of…
At least six people have been killed in the northeast of Colombia amid fighting between ELN guerrillas and rogue guerrillas of the demobilized EPL group. The turf war broke out…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office on Monday denied that leftist presidential candidate was taken under fire on his way to a campaign rally, contradicting experts consulted by media. The prosecution’s technical…
Gustavo Petro, the leading leftist candidate in Colombia’s election race, suffered an attack on his way to a campaign rally on Friday. The politician was not injured.
The ELN, Colombia’s last-standing guerrilla group, has killed five soldiers and injured another 10 in a roadside bomb attack near the Venezuelan border, the army said Tuesday. The 1AM attack…