BOGOTA, Feb 8, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Friday that the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel was the "head of the ELN" guerrilla group whose recent turf war over trafficking ...

In a post on social media platform X, Petro called the joint offensive a “military counternarcotics operation.” We seek collaboration between armies in the fight against the ELN. A border without ...

The government has declared a “state of internal commotion” in response to the worst humanitarian crisis in decades ...

A series of attacks against civilians has forced Colombia's government to break off peace talks with one of Colombia’s largest rebel groups as fears mount that fighting between rebel groups in the ...

The fighting between two armed drug trafficking groups — fueled and financed in part by a booming global cocaine business — ...

25, 2025. Credit: AP/Mario Caicedo Earlier this week, Petro reactivated arrest orders against 31 top ELN commanders that had been suspended as part of the effort to woo the Cuban revolution ...

Colombia is the world's biggest cocaine producer and exporter, mainly to the United States and Europe, and has spent decades ...

Petro’s government blames the ongoing violence primarily on the ELN, with which it began peace talks after he took office in 2022. Earlier this week, Petro reactivated arrest orders against 31 ...

So far Colombia has responded to the border crisis by declaring a state of emergency, suspending ELN peace talks, reinstating arrest warrants against its leaders and deploying more soldiers to the ...