Cucuta, Colombia – On the eleventh of February, a baby girl was born by Caesarean section in the riverside town of Tibu, Colombia. Five days later, her family’s home lay empty. Forced to flee ...

People displaced by violence in towns across the Catatumbo region take shelter at a soccer stadium in Cúcuta, Colombia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025.

People displaced by violence in towns across the Catatumbo region line up to register for shelter at a stadium in Cúcuta, Colombia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. - Fernando Vergara/AP ...

Armed groups fighting over parts of the Catatumbo region near the Colombia-Venezuela border have committed grave abuses against people living in the area and displaced thousands, Human Rights ...

Cristian Herrera, in Cucuta in February 2025, describes the dangers of being a reporter in Colombia's Catatumbo region: Journalists "can't talk about the armed conflict. ...

The conflict in the rural Catatumbo region, where the Colombian state has struggled for decades to gain a foothold, has left more than 60 people dead and at least 50,000 others displaced as ...

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

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 ...

A Colombian official says more than 80 people have been killed in the country’s northeast region following failed attempts by the government to hold peace talks with the National Liberation Army.