Attacks by powerful militias against civilians reflect the state’s inaction eight years after a peace accord removed a powerful rebel group from the field.

The US wanted poster offering a $25 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro is the most obvious sign yet of the international screws being tightened on his regime—with profound criminal implications.

Colombia's government is reactivating arrest orders for the top leadership of the nation's largest rebel group.

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.

Members of a gang with ties to Venezuela were arrested and indicted on weapons charges after an investigation uncovered a gun-trafficking ring that sold firearms and drugs throughout New York

More details emerged Monday about a federal raid on a pop-up nightclub early Sunday morning near Denver, that was aimed at disrupting the operations of the Venezuelan Tren De Aragua gang in Colorado.

Both the ELN and FARC-EMC have long fought for control over this drug-rich area, but recent violence marks a significant escalation.

Ten members or associates of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua have been indicted on charges of running a gun trafficking operation in New York City that stretched across the country

With 80 people killed and 40,000 displaced by violence wrought by the leftist National Liberation Army (ELN) militia's fight with rival armed groups over drug trafficking territory in northeastern Colombia,

Colombian President Gustavo Petro accused the ELN, the country’s largest guerilla group, of committing ‘war crimes’ and declared on social media, “The ELN shows no willingness to make peace”

Telmo Mineiro, a fisherman from São Miguel, takes a heavy drag on his cigarette and points to where he found a brick of uncut cocaine on the shore. “We were hunting for sea urchins,” he says, “we saw the pack and went to get it out of curiosity.

Tens of thousands of refugees are fleeing one of Colombia’s biggest cocaine-producing regions to escape the most intense outbreak of violence since a 2016 peace deal.Most Read from BloombergHow Sanctu