Colombian guerrillas took 29 soldiers and police hostage during a gun battle in a key cocaine-growing region, the government ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro wants to reduce coca planting in a northeastern region rattled by rebel attacks by paying ...

This offensive all but expelled FARC dissidents from Catatumbo and gave the ELN almost absolute control over the region, whose economy is dominated by the cultivation of coca and drug trafficking. The ...

Twenty-eight police officers and one soldier held hostage in southwest Colombia were released Saturday, with fresh tensions ...

They expressed anger at government efforts to eradicate 8,000 hectares (about 20,000 acres) of coca in the area. The statement also claimed that 28, rather than 29, security personnel -- including ...

Petro said at a cabinet meeting that his government will seek to eradicate 25,000 hectares of coca in the Catatumbo region within 140 days, as part of an effort to decrease violence and weaken ...