The State Department says “do not travel” to Arauca, Cauca and Norte de Santander Departments, where violent crime is widespread, terrorist groups can be active and “the U.S. government has ...

A police officer stands guard at a cordoned-off area after a police station was attacked with explosives in Mondomo, Santander de Quilichao municipality, Cauca department, Colombia, on April 17, 2025.

An independent reporter, Herrera has always worked in this region, the Norte de Santander department. His beat includes coverage of robberies, extortions, kidnappings, corruption, drug trafficking ...

The Department emphasized warnings for the Arauca, Cauca (excluding Popayán), and Norte de Santander departments and the Colombia-Venezuela border region.

Colombia's Army announced on Saturday that 104 fighters from a faction of the Revolutionary Armed ... began more than a week ago in the Catatumbo region of Norte de Santander department, ...

The Tibú municipality in Norte de Santander, on the Venezuela border, has the highest level of coca cultivation of all of Colombia's municipalities - 22,000 hectares.

Displaced people from recent clashes between armed groups arrive in the municipality of Tibu, Norte de Santander Department, ...

Civilians were trapped in the middle, and by Sunday, it was estimated that “more than 80 people have lost their lives,” said Governor William Villamizar of the Norte de Santander department ...

The Norte de Santander department is a stronghold of the 5,800-strong National Liberation Army (ELN), which last month launched an offensive targeting rival fighters and civilians it alleged to be ...

Displaced people from recent clashes between armed groups arrive in the municipality of Tibu, Norte de Santander Department, Colombia, on Saturday. Schneyder Mendoza/AFP/Getty Images ...

The Tibú municipality in Norte de Santander, on the Venezuela border, has the highest level of coca cultivation of all of Colombia's municipalities - 22,000 hectares.