The State Department similarly warns of “widespread” violent crimes in Colombia, including homicide ... not travel” to Arauca, Cauca and Norte de Santander Departments, where violent ...

The State Department notes that there is some ... Cauca (excluding Popayán), Norte de Santander, and the Colombia-Venezuela border regions completely, saying: "Do not travel to these areas ...

An independent reporter, Herrera has always worked in this region, the Norte de Santander department ... the guerilla Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. The fighting has left ...

The US State Department is warning Americans ... Cauca (excluding Popayán), and Norte de Santander departments in Colombia; The Colombia-Venezuela border region. "Violent crime, like murder ...

More than 80 people have been killed in just three days in northeast Colombia following failed ... Governor William Villamizar of the Norte de Santander department that includes Catatumbo.

Rock of Guatape in Medellin, Colombia. The U.S. Department of State has updated travel advisories for both Colombia and Jamaica to Level 3, due to crime and terrorism. Gokhan Bozkaya Shutterstock ...

BOGOTA, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Colombia's Army announced on Saturday ... began more than a week ago in the Catatumbo region of Norte de Santander department, near the border with Venezuela.

Colombia's government declared a state of emergency for the Catatumbo region, in Norte de Santander, after accusing rebels from the leftist National Liberation Army (ELN) of targeting former ...

Twenty others were injured in the violence that has forced thousands to flee as Colombia’s army scrambled ... governor of North Santander, where many of the killings took place.