At Least 80 Dead and 18,000 Flee Amid a New Surge of Violence in Colombia
At least 80 people are dead and more than 18,000 have been forced to flee their homes in Colombia, officials say, amid fierce clashes between two rival armed groups on the border with Venezuela.
Colombia death toll from rebel violence rises to 80
The National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas are targeting community leaders and former members of a separate rebel group in the northeastern Catatumbo region, Defense Minister Ivan Velasquez said on Sunday,
80 killed in Colombia’s deadliest wave of violence since peace accords
The unusually deadly violence delivers a devastating blow to the “total peace” program of the country’s first leftist president, Gustavo Petro.
Rebel Violence in the Colombian Jungle Leaves 20 Dead
At least 20 Colombian fighters from rival rebel factions were killed in weekend clashes over control of a strategic jungle area for drug trafficking, military sources and the human rights ombudsman office reported on Monday.
Deaths in Colombia rebel violence double to 60, ombudsman says
The death toll from rebel-related violence in a key drug trafficking region of Colombia has doubled to 60, the government's human rights ombudsman said on Saturday. The ombudsman's office posted on social media that about 60 people have died violently,
Colombia's president says ELN rebels will 'get war' as violence in the country's northeast escalates
Colombian president Gustavo Petro is warning 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 attacks
Colombia’s president to declare ‘state of emergency’ as violence in the country’s north escalates
Colombian president Gustavo Petro says he will declare a state of emergency, following a spate of guerrilla attacks in the country's northeast that has killed dozens of people and forced thousands to flee.
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