Earlier this week it emerged that two of Mexico's largest and most dangerous drug cartels had formed a 'super cartel' - now ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia's President Gustavo Petro said on Monday that he is contemplating a new round of peace talks ...

On Jan. 16, the Colombian guerrilla group known as the National Liberation Army, or ELN, launched a coordinated offensive in the coca-producing region of Catatumbo, on the northern border with ...

Between 2021 and 2024, the number of reported recruits rose roughly 1,000 percent, from 36 children to more than 450. This ...

With the aim to kick-start this process, the top bosses of Colombia’s two major guerrilla organizations met in Cuba at the end of April, President Juan Manuel Santos announced on Monday. ELN boss ...

The Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN) Friday signed in Havana a 180-day “national”, “bilateral” and “temporary” ceasefire effective from August 3 ...

The ELN has about 3,500 fighters across Colombia, according to official estimates. On Nov. 4, Petro signed the peace law to enter into negotiations with the armed groups operating in the country ...

Colombia’s last remaining Marxist-inspired rebel group the ELN violated a ceasefire with the government during a raid in southwest Colombia last month, according to comments by the country’s Ombudsman ...

Three months later, there are signs for optimism: Colombia and the largest rebel group still active in its territory, the National Liberation Army ELN, have signed a commitment to restart peace ...

Colombia’s Catholic Bishops Conference has called on the government and the ELN to resume negotiations so that violence can decrease in rural areas, where crimes like the forced recruitment of ...