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
On January 16th violence erupted in Catatumbo on Colombia’s border with Venezuela. Colombia’s oldest active guerrilla group, the National Liberation Army (ELN), began attacking dissidents of the now-extinct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). At least 80 are dead, though locals estimate the true number to be in the hundreds.
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