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Guerrilla groups have seized control of mining areas, exploiting Indigenous people and fuelling environmental ruin on the border with Colombia

US military strikes that Washington claims have targeted "narco-terrorists" ferrying drugs to American soil are having little to no impact on Latin America's bustling narcotics trade, experts say.

Colombia's defense ministry says a rebel group called the Commoners of the South has begun handing its weapons over to the government

Colombia has experienced an upsurge in political and criminal violence over the past few months. In late February, the National Liberation Army (ELN) leftist guerrilla insurgent group carried out four bombings in Cúcuta, a city on the border with Venezuela. Several people were left injured by the attacks, and 1,200…

Human Rights Watch says more than 56,000 people have been displaced since January, and accuses rebel fighters of executions, forced labour and child recruitment.

A prominent human rights group says rebel groups in Colombia have committed “grave abuses” against civilians as they fight for control of the Catatumbo region

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has repeatedly claimed Mexican cartels are behind violence in the country's conflict zone, but that's not accurate, experts say

Colombia's defense minister on Sunday warned Donald Trump's administration against blacklisting his country for failing to curb drug exports, saying the decision would bring yet more cocaine to the United States.

Colombia’s newly appointed defense minister says he will focus on taking back territory lost to rebel groups that have forced thousands to flee their homes this year