In a Colombian cocaine hub, a fragile peace falls apart
The fighting between two armed drug trafficking groups — fueled and financed in part by a booming global cocaine business — ...
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Colombia offers $700,000 reward for information on ELN rebel leaders
(AP Photo/Mario Caicedo) People displaced by violence in towns across the Catatumbo region, where rebels of the National ...
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Colombia reactivates arrest orders for top rebels blamed for deadly violence in cocaine turf war
where rebels of the National Liberation Army (ELN) have been clashing with former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), in Tibu, Colombia, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP ...
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Colombia’s president says ELN rebels will ‘get war’ as violence in the country’s northeast escalates
Colombian president Gustavo Petro warned on Monday that his nation’s military will take offensive actions against the National Liberation Army after the rebels, known as the ELN, unleashed a wave of ...
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Colombia's disappeared: As a coalition, former enemies now search for loved ones and dream of peace
In Colombia, though, a peculiar thing happened. Aiming to heal long-time wounds and build new paths toward reconciliation, ...
Colombian president Petro urges undocumented emigrees to return from U.S.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro is urging Colombians living without documentation in the United States to quit their jobs ...
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Colombia's president says ELN rebels will 'get war' as violence in the country's northeast escalates
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Petro’s Colombia Falls Apart
Hundreds of Colombian soldiers have been deployed to ... which he sees as key to undermining the power base of the rebels and cartels in the region. “Victory is not found in the barrel of ...
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Colombia’s president says ELN rebels will ‘get war’ as violence in the country’s northeast escalates
Colombia — Colombian President Gustavo Petro warned on Monday that his nation’s military will take offensive actions against the National Liberation Army after the rebels, known as the ELN ...
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Colombia’s Petro suspends talks with ELN rebels
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has announced the suspension of peace talks with National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels, accusing the group of committing war crimes in the Catatumbo region on ...
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Colombia's president will declare an emergency over deadly ELN attacks in the northeast
On Friday Petro suspended negotiations with the rebels after violence escalated in Catatumbo, a mountainous region that produces around 15% of Colombia's coca crop and is located along the border ...