Colombia’s government on Saturday announced a roughly $700,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of ...

The bloodshed in the area bordering Venezuela has been blamed on the leftist National Liberation Army (ELN), which is accused ...

The mountains of Catatumbo in eastern Colombia are so dangerous that the police and army generally don’t stray far from their ...

Where the Catatumbo River meets Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela, lightning strikes up to 300 times a year for as many as 9 hours a night. "Catatumbo Lightning," also known as the Maracaibo Beacon, holds ...

The Colombian border village of Tres Bocas has become a ghost town as residents flee to neighboring Venezuela to escape a new ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro says he will declare an emergency over the guerrilla attacks in the northeast that have ...

Residents cross a river to Venezuela from Colombia's Tibu, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, following guerrilla attacks that killed ...

An aerial view of the Tarra River, which divides Colombia and Venezuela, as seen from Tibu, Norte de Santader Deparment, ...

On Friday it said it had begun withdrawing its units to prevent the violence from escalating. The Catatumbo region is considered strategic for drug trafficking because of its proximity to Venezuela, ...

The death toll from violence in Colombia's Catatumbo region has surged to 60, following attacks by the ELN. President Gustavo Petro condemned the attacks as a war crime and halted peace talks with the ...