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

Attacks by powerful militias against civilians reflect the state’s inaction eight years after a peace accord removed a ...

Colombia's record-high cocaine production is fueling instability, corruption, and violence, threatening the nation's economy ...

More than 32,000 people have fled to towns in northeast Colombia as they attempt to escape a sharp rise in fighting between ...

Colombia’s government is reactivating arrest orders for the top leadership of the nation’s largest rebel group ...

Five decades of war among leftist guerrillas, right-wing paramilitaries, drug lords and the government in Colombia have left ...

For many years, Ecuador had one of the lowest homicide rates in Latin America – an indicator of low gang activity. As a result, it hadn’t developed a robust police and military response to gangs.

More than 32,000 people have fled the northern Colombian region of Catatumbo where two rival rebel groups are engaged in a ...

A Colombian customs worker has admitted his role in taking bribes and funneling more than $1 million in drug proceeds in a ...

Special forces deployed to province engulfed in a war between armed groups over control of cocaine province. Dozens of ...

Colombia is battling its worst security crisis in a decade after a series of guerrilla attacks in the north of the country have left at least 80 people dead and displaced 36,000 others.

Colombia’s government is reactivating arrest orders for the top leadership of the nation’s largest rebel group BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombia's government is reactivating arrest orders for the ...