This photo provided by COLPRENSA on Jan 22 2025 shows emergency workers and displaced people at the General Santan

The governor of the Colombian department of Norte de Santander, William Villamizar, declared “a social and economic emergency” in that region in the northeast of the country due to the humanitarian crisis caused by clashes between ELN guerrillas and FARC dissidents in the Catatumbo area (northeast).

Social movements and community organizations demand peace as violence breaks out in the northeastern region of Colombia.

The mayor of Cúcuta, Jorge Acevedo, said Monday that the situation due to the violence in the Catatumbo region has already overwhelmed all the capacities of this Colombian city on the border with Venezuela,

More than 80 people were killed in the country’s northeast over the weekend following the government’s failed attempts to hold peace talks with the National Liberation Army, a Colombian official said.

At least 80 people are dead and more than 18,000 have been forced to flee their homes in Colombia, officials say, amid fierce clashes between two rival armed groups on the border with Venezuela.

Displaced Colombians gathered at shelters to receive aid in the border city of Cúcuta on Jan. 20, after dozens were killed and more than 11,000 displaced in ongoing clashes between armed groups.

More than 80 people have been killed in the country’s northeast region following failed attempts to hold peace talks with the National Liberation Army, a Colombian

Terrified residents carrying backpacks and belongings on overladen motorcycles, boats, or crammed onto the backs of open trucks, fled the region over the weekend.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian president Gustavo Petro warned on Monday that his nation’s military will take offensive actions against the National Liberation Army after the rebels, known as the ELN, unleashed a wave of attacks in the country's northeast that left dozens of people killed and forced thousands to flee their homes.

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At least 80 people are dead and more than 11,000 have been forced to flee their homes in Colombia, officials say, amid fierce clashes between two rival armed groups on the border with Venezuela.