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 ...

The Colombian president faces criticism from his ministers and public confusion after a chaotic Cabinet meeting that was ...

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

“The delegation of the ELN dialogues has not discussed with the Government of Gustavo Petro any proposal for a bilateral ceasefire, therefore there is still no agreement on that matter,” the ...

Residents of Colombia's troubled Catatumbo region, near the eastern border with Venezuela, are weighing whether to return ...

A fierce outbreak of fighting in northern Colombia between rival guerilla factions in a drug turf war, has displaced tens of thousands of people.

A social media post from the Defense Ministry detailed the reward for the heads of the National Liberation Army, known by its ...

The Cuban government firmly denied on Friday any presence of the National Liberation Army (ELN) on its soil, asserting that ...

In Colombia's Catatumbo region, thousands have been displaced due to an escalation of violence by the ELN rebel group. President Gustavo Petro has suspended peace talks, challenging efforts to resolve ...

Bogota — Cocaine "is no worse than whiskey" and is only illegal because it comes from Latin America, said Colombian President Gustavo Petro during a live broadcast of a government meeting.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said during a government meeting that cocaine is “not worse than whiskey” and that it's only illegal because it comes from Latin America. Colombia, the world's ...

(Bloomberg) -- Ecopetrol SA shares plunged after Colombian President Gustavo Petro called on the oil producer to sell its operations in the US, citing his government’s position against fracking ...