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.

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

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

Colombian President Gustavo Petro called off peace talks with the leftist National Liberation Army (ELN), on Friday, after accusing the group of committing a war crime in the Catatumbo region. "The dialogue process with this group is suspended,

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.

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