One Colombian soldier is dead and another one is injured following clashes with guerrilla dissidents in a coca-growing region ...

the raw material for Colombia’s multibillion-dollar cocaine industry. Over the past week, Catatumbo — named after the river that snakes through it — has been ripped by the most intense ...

There's a place on Earth where lightning flashes almost every night—until, one day, it stopped. What causes the Catatumbo ...

(MENAFN- The Rio Times) President Gustavo Petro has taken decisive action in response to escalating violence in Colombia's Catatumbo region. He declared a state of emergency and interior ...

More than 32,000 people have fled the northern Colombian region of Catatumbo where two rival ... factions of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc). One official government agency ...

Residents cross a river to Venezuela from Colombia's Tibu, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, following guerrilla attacks that killed dozens and forced thousands to flee their homes in the Catatumbo region.

Violence between armed groups in the Catatumbo region has displaced more than 32,000 people, rights groups estimate. Soldiers deploy in Tibu, Colombia, on January 20 amid an uptick in violence ...

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

TRES BOCAS, Colombia — The Colombian border village of Tres Bocas has become a ghost town as residents flee to neighboring Venezuela to escape a new wave of violence in Colombia’s Catatumbo ...