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President Petro is being forced to confront the possibility that his flagship security policy may only have partial peace in its sights.

Fedenaga estimates around 700,000 cattle a year are smuggled, either live or as meat, into Colombia.

The city of Cali has offered a $70 million peso reward for information leading to the capture and prosecution of the terrorists.

The massacres in Southeast Antioquia appear related to a confrontation between gangs associated with the Urabeños, which is also known as the Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia (AGC), and the Medellin-based Oficina de Envigado. Both are looking to control local drug markets.

Colombia’s attorney general, Fabio Espitia Garzón, received a delegation of prosecutors from The United Sates led by Zachary Terwilliger, Prosecutor for the Eastern District of Virginia. The purpose of the visit was to strengthen cooperation in the fight against organized...

Peace negotiations between Colombia’s government and the ELN have reached their most precarious moment since they began last year.

The new generation of Colombian drug lords, dubbed "The Invisibles," realize that their best protection is not a private army — but anonymity.

“They say they want peace, but they contradict that fact,” stated President Santos, adding "it will be very difficult to resume the dialogues.”

While the ceasefire is temporary, through January 9, President Santos hopes it can be renewed and become "the first step to achieve peace" with the ELN.

Government negotiators and the ELN had stepped up the urgency to reach an agreement in the lead up to this week’s historic visit by Pope Francis.