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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

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 ...

UN experts urged the Colombian government on Thursday to protect its civilians and called on the non-state armed groups to cease their attacks against the civilians, after the escalation of the ...

During a meeting with páramo communities in the north-central Santander department, Colombian President Gustavo Petro reiterated his negative to allowing large-scale gold mining in the Páramo de ...