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Colombia Faces Worst Humanitarian Outlook Since Peace Deal, Report Warns

A new report by the Red Cross warns Colombia is facing its most critical situation since the 2016 peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

Latin Times · Apr 19, 2025

A rebel group begins handing weapons over to the Colombian government as peace talks advance

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

The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2025

Colombia’s fragile peace process in danger as guerrilla violence rises

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…

The Conversation · Mar 31, 2025

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Rebel group committing ‘widespread abuses’ in Colombia’s Catatumbo region, says NGO

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.

Euronews · Mar 26, 2025

Rights group says Colombian rebels committed abuses against civilians in disputed region

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

The Independent UK · Mar 26, 2025

Colombia's new defense minister vows to reclaim territory lost to rebel groups

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

The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2025

Security Forces Taken Hostage By Colombian Guerillas Released: AFP

Twenty-eight police officers and one soldier held hostage in southwest Colombia were released Saturday, according to an AFP team on the ground.

International Business Times · Mar 8, 2025

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Colombian FARC Dissidents Take 29 Soldiers, Police Captive

Dissident members of Colombia's FARC rebel group have taken 29 soldiers and police officers captive during clashes with the military in a key cocaine-growing region in the southwest, the defense ministry said Friday.

International Business Times · Mar 7, 2025

Colombian President Announces Plan To Reduce Coca Planting

Colombian President Petro's initiative to eradicate coca in Catatumbo region to combat rebel violence and drug trafficking.

Deadly Colombian narcos war flares up as military and guerrilla dissidents clash

The clash unfolded in a coca-growing region where a turf war has killed dozens of people this year

The Independent UK · Feb 20, 2025

ELN rebels launch 3-day armed strike in Colombia's northwest as violence in rural areas escalates

Businesses are shuttered and public transport is at a standstill in Colombia’s Choco department, as rebels from the National Liberation Army launched a three-day “armed strike” that confines civilians to their homes and restricts commercial activity

The Independent UK · Feb 18, 2025

Forensics link Martin McCauley to ‘cowardly murder’ of three RUC men, court told

McCauley is one of the so-called Colombia Three, accused of training rebel FARC guerrilla forces in 2001.

The Independent UK · Jan 30, 2025

More Deaths As Colombian Guerrilla Violence Displaces Nearly 50,000

The toll brought to 54 the total number of confirmed deaths from fighting in the cocaine-growing Catatumbo region -- lower than the figure of about 80 reported last week based on local counts, officials said.

Latin Times · Jan 28, 2025

Colombia's Ongoing Efforts To Find Missing Loved Ones

Explore Colombia's post-conflict journey, peace efforts, and ongoing challenges in the quest for reconciliation and justice.

Takeaways from AP's reporting on the thousands disappeared in Colombia, Peru and Paraguay

Thousands of people have disappeared in Latin America during decades-long conflicts

The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2025

Colombia's disappeared: As a coalition, former enemies now search for loved ones and dream of peace

Five decades of war among leftist guerrillas, right-wing paramilitaries, drug lords and the government in Colombia have left 450,000 people killed and more than 124,000 disappeared

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2025

Colombia offers $700,000 reward for information on ELN rebel leaders

Colombia’s government is offering a roughly $700,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of four leaders of a rebel group behind the deadly violence affecting a coca-growing region bordering Venezuela

International Business Times · Jan 24, 2025

'We Want Peace': Colombians Swept Up In Bloody Guerrilla Violence

The children of northeastern Colombia have a message for guerrillas blamed for the country's worst violence in over a decade -- as well as for rival militants tempted to take revenge.

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The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2025

Colombia reactivates arrest orders for top rebels blamed for deadly violence in cocaine turf war

Colombia’s government is reactivating arrest orders for the top leadership of the nation’s largest rebel group

International Business Times · Jan 22, 2025

Colombian Forces Edge Into Guerrilla Strongholds

Colombian special forces edged into guerrilla-controlled territory near the border with Venezuela Tuesday, trying to reassert state control amid violence that has forced 20,000 people to flee their homes.

Latin Times · Jan 21, 2025

Colombia Vows 'War' As Guerrilla Violence Kills 100

In just five days, bloodshed has been reported across three Colombian departments -- from the remote Amazon jungle in the south to the mountainous northeastern border with Venezuela, where fighting has displaced almost 20,000 people.

International Business Times · Jan 20, 2025

Colombia Vows 'War' As Guerrilla Violence Kills 100

Colombia vowed "war" against left-wing guerrillas Monday, as security forces rushed to contain a wave of violence that has killed more than 100 people and threatens to derail the country's troubled peace process.

The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2025

At least 80 people killed in northeast Colombia as peace talks fail, official says

A Colombian official says more than 80 people have been killed in the country’s northeast region following failed attempts by the government to hold peace talks with the National Liberation Army

International Business Times · Jan 19, 2025

'We Want Peace' Say Colombians Displaced By Fresh Guerrilla Violence

Gladis Angarita, 62, fled her village in northeast Colombia in terror last Friday, among thousands escaping a fresh guerrilla onslaught that has claimed dozens of lives in just a few days.

International Business Times · Jan 19, 2025

80 Killed In Three Days Of Guerrilla Violence In North Colombia

A fresh outbreak of guerrilla violence amid a faltering peace process in conflict-riddled Colombia has left more than 80 people dead in just over three days, officials reported Sunday.

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