FILE - Delegates meet for a round of peace talks between Colombia's government and the National Liberation Army in Mexico City, Mexico, on Dec. 17, 2023. The government announced on Jan. 17, 2025, that it was suspending peace negotiations after violence that killed 30 people.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro suspended peace talks with the leftist National Liberation Army (ELN), on Friday, after accusing the group of committing a war crime in the Catatumbo region.

At least 39 people have been killed in violence involving leftwing guerillas near Colombia`s restive border with Venezuela, authorities

Thirty people have been killed in violence between rival leftwing groups near Colombia's restive border with Venezuela, authorities said Friday, prompting the government to suspend peace talks with on

Colombia has suspended peace talks with the National Liberation Army, or ELN, for a second time in less than a year after blaming the rebel group for violence that has been affecting the northeastern

"The dialogue process with this group is suspended, the ELN has no will for peace,” President Gustavo Petro said on his X account. The ELN has been fighting with ex-rebels of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia guerrilla group,

It is the second time in less than a year that Colombian authorities halt peace talks with the National Liberation Army, or ELN, after blaming the rebel group for recent violence in the northeastern region of Tibu.

Colombia’s government suspended peace talks with the world’s oldest guerrilla movement after a series of massacres spread terror in one of the group’s heartlands.