Colombians flee to Venezuela as clashes between rebel groups escalate in coca-rich border region
The Colombian border village of Tres Bocas has become a ghost town as residents flee to neighboring Venezuela to escape a new ...
The Economist7d
Armed groups are terrorising Colombia’s border with Venezuela
The government has declared a “state of internal commotion” in response to the worst humanitarian crisis in decades ...
Newsday16d
Colombians flee to Venezuela as clashes between rebel groups escalate in coca-rich border region
TRES BOCAS, Colombia — The Colombian border village of Tres Bocas has become a ghost town as residents flee to neighboring Venezuela to escape a new wave of violence in Colombia’s Catatumbo ...
Al Jazeera English15d
Colombia seeks to reassert control as rebel fighting kills over 100
groups have long battled for control of the coca-rich mountainous northeastern Catatumbo region near the border with Venezuela, but respected a truce until recently. However, fighting broke out ...
The Victoria Advocate14d
Colombia asks Venezuela to help quell border violence
Colombia called on neighboring Venezuela Thursday to help tackle guerrillas ... to contain violence in the mountainous northeastern Catatumbo region, where a 5,800-strong leftist militia has ...
The New York Times17d
At Least 80 Dead and 18,000 Flee Amid a New Surge of Violence in Colombia
Displaced families are taking refuge in a stadium in Cúcuta, a border town better known ... The clashes in Catatumbo, in the north, on the border with Venezuela, come amid growing tensions ...