Jan 20, 2025 · The Catatumbo campaign has been an ongoing period of strategic violence between militia faction groups in the region since January 2018 and a part of the war on drugs; [4] it was developed after a 2016 peace agreement between the country's government (under the presidency of Juan Manuel Santos) and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) as an attempt to end the Colombian conflict. [5]

Jan 22, 2025 · The Catatumbo region in northeastern Colombia, where the crisis originated, is a strategic territory for both drug production and trafficking due to its proximity with Venezuela.

On 16 January 2025, National Liberation Army (ELN) militants launched several attacks against FARC dissidents in the Catatumbo region of Colombia. At least 100 people have been killed in the attacks, with others injured, kidnapped, and displaced.

The Catatumbo region is a region of Colombia. It is located in the northeast of the department of Norte de Santander and a small part in the southwest of the department of Cesar, which extends between the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia and Lake Maracaibo, which is why the region has come to be considered "transborder". [1]

Jan 21, 2025 · Violence in Colombia’s Catatumbo region has displaced 20,000 people amid clashes between ELN guerrillas and FARC dissidents. Humanitarian aid is overwhelmed as thousands flee to urban centers. Authorities report 100 fatalities, with children comprising 35% of the displaced population.

Jan 22, 2025 · The ELN rebel group is a deadly and powerful presence in the region More than 32,000 people have fled the northern Colombian region of Catatumbo where two rival rebel groups are engaged in a ...

Jan 20, 2025 · President Gustavo Petro has declared a state of siege in Colombia, responding to the intensifying violence in the Catatumbo region, where clashes between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and FARC dissidents have displaced over …

The Catatumbo campaign has been an ongoing period of strategic violence between militia faction groups in the Catatumbo region of Colombia and Venezuela since January 2018. It is an extension of the war on drugs and developed after the Colombian peace process of 2016.

Jan 20, 2025 · Over 11,000 people have fled Colombia’s Catatumbo region amid escalating violence between ELN and FARC dissidents. The death toll has reached 100. As the Armed Forces deploy additional troops, President Petro may declare a state of internal disturbance.

Jan 24, 2025 · The fighting in Catatumbo, a northeastern region of Colombia, broke out between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and an ex-FARC dissident group – Front 33. The violence in Catatumbo, one of the most historically battered regions, poses a serious threat to President Gustavo Petro’s promise of total peace in the country.