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In Colombia, violence is rising again just as the country heads into a new electoral cycle. Conflict‑monitoring group ACLED reports that incidents of political and criminal violence have increased, particularly in the southwest, where armed groups are competing for control of drug routes and territory. Colombia's presidential election is slated for Sunday, May 31, 2026.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has ordered investigators to determine whether explosives used in a deadly bombing on the Pan-American Highway entered Colombia from Ecuador, adding a cross-border dimension to one of the country's worst civilian attacks in decades.

Colombian authorities have announced a record reward of up to $1.4 million for information leading to the capture of a rebel commander accused of orchestrating a deadly bomb attack, escalating the government's response to a surge in violence linked to armed groups.

At least twelve people were killed and more than a dozen others injured after an explosive device detonated today, Saturday April 25, on Colombia's Pan-American Highway in the southwestern department of Cauca, according to Colombian authorities and multiple local media reports.

Minister Sánchez said Colombia is "coordinating" diplomatically with Caracas and called the political turmoil after Maduro's capture "a unique opportunity" to restore security cooperation

The Trump administration has accused Nicolás Ernesto Maduro Guerra, the only biological son of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, of maintaining ties to Colombian armed groups involved in drug trafficking.

Ivan Mordisco urged commanders to "leave these differences aside," adding that "the destiny of our peoples demands unity in a common trench"

Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN) and dissident factions of the former FARC rebel group issued defiant statements following the U.S. military operation in Venezuela.

The former general also said criminal groups such as Tren de Aragua were recruited from prisons to protect the government in exchange for immunity

The head of the DEA, Terry Cole, accused Venezuela of collaborating with Colombian guerrilla groups to ship "record amounts of cocaine" to Mexican cartels

More than a dozen coordinated attacks took place on Tuesday across Colombia's Valle del Cauca state, leaving at least seven people dead and dozens more injured

Several other individuals are set to be prosecuted as "narco-terrorists," including former Colombian guerrilla fighters and two U.S. citizens.

In a vast swath of Colombia's part of the Amazon, each tree felled is approved by the so-called Central General Staff (EMC), as the renegade group calls itself.

Since 2023, the government has attempted to negotiate with the EMC, but the process has suffered multiple setbacks.

The national police force of Colombia on Monday announced that they had confiscated an arsenal of weapons believed to belong to the local armed group Estado Mayor Central.

Mexico will play host to a new round of peace talks between the Colombian government and its largest rebel group, the National Liberation Army in January.

The first part of the peace talks between the Colombian government and the rebel group ELN concluded recently, with both parties calling them "successful" despite a lack of ceasefire agreement.

The Colombian government announced on Monday their plans to start a military offensive on its border cities and states to address the illegal armed groups and drug trafficking in the area.

As peace talks between the government and the ELN start in earnest, many communities in Colombia are forced to stay at home due to violence from armed groups in the country.

A capo of the notorious Sinaloa Cartel, Brian Donaciano Olguin Verdugo alias El Pitt was arrested by the Colombian National Police on Monday after days of law enforcement surveillance.

Colombian politician, Ingrid Betancourt who was held hostage by FARC for more than six years, confirmed her presidential candidacy Tuesday.

Former FARC leader, Hernán Darío Velásquez, was shot dead in an ambush in Venezuela's Apure state local media reports said.

By the end of November, US could remove Colombia’s FARC from the "terror" list, said a senior administration official.

Colombia claims first ever Nobel Peace Prize

Colombians announced a major milestone in negotiations to resolve the country's 50-year-long civil war, including how to punish war crimminals

Possibly the most deadly military atrocity committed in the Western Hemisphere in the 21st century, the ‘false positive’ scandal went up to Colombia’s top brass, according to this human rights group.

A FARC-affiliated group killed 10 Colombian soldiers and injured almost two dozen more in a night raid not far from Cali, breaking a ceasefire.

Cuba’s removal from the terror list in Panama next week could be the icing on the cake for the recent sweetening of diplomatic relations with the U.S.

Santos can negotiate with Marxist militants, but how about his right-wing opposition?