Severe cracks appeared within the Popular Liberation Army (Ejército Popular de Liberación – EPL) in May. In a written statement to allies in Venezuela, the EPL announced that its commanders along the ...

Colonel Carlos Martínez, commander of the Norte de Santander Police, said that the captured persons were found in their possession a 9mm Pietro Beretta pistol-type firearm, a magazine with 15 9mm ...

The State Department says “do not travel” to Arauca, Cauca and Norte de Santander Departments, where violent crime is widespread, terrorist groups can be active and “the U.S. government has ...

Seven guerillas from the leftist insurgent group ELN were captured by Colombian authorities on Tuesday in the Norte de Santander department.. Units of the Colombian military’s 30th Brigade reported ...

Arauca, Cauca (excluding Popayán), and Norte de Santander departments in Colombia; The Colombia-Venezuela border region. "Violent crime, like murder, assault, and robbery, is common in many areas ...

The Norte de Santander drug kingpin became a prime target of Colombian authorities after April 2006, when EPL members ambushed and killed 10 members of the Department of Administrative Security (DAS) ...

An independent reporter, Herrera has always worked in this region, the Norte de Santander department. His beat includes coverage of robberies, extortions, kidnappings, corruption, drug trafficking ...

A police officer stands guard at a cordoned-off area after a police station was attacked with explosives in Mondomo, Santander de Quilichao municipality, Cauca department, Colombia, on April 17, 2025.

Leidy Lazaro Pava died in the incident in the village of El Reventon, Norte de Santander department, Colombia, on Monday. The 38-year-old woman was killed after stepping on the mine while she was ...