However, since 2011, Colombia’s most powerful BACRIM, the Urabeños, have made a violent attempt to take control of Cucuta and the surrounding region, leaving a trail of dead in their wake. “Contraband ...

More than 32,000 people have fled to towns in northeast Colombia as they attempt to escape a sharp rise in fighting between militant factions, according to the country’s Ombudsman Iris Marín.

Item 1 of 16 People attend the commercial reopening of Venezuela–Colombia border, at the Simon Bolivar International Bridge, in Cucuta, Colombia September 26, 2022.

And Colombia’s migration authorities said 23 members of the security forces had crossed the border and defected from Mr. Maduro’s authoritarian regime. ... under a massive flag hung from a crane.

CÚCUTA, Colombia – As he walked along the aisles of the supermarket, 25-year-old Nestor Usa Torres pointed to items on the shelves: sunflower oil, powdered milk, shampoo. “Produced for the Venezuelan ...