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Peace talks resumed this week in Havana between the Colombian government and the nation’s remaining guerrilla faction, the National Liberation Army (ELN).

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.”

The abduction reportedly occurred around 7:30 am on the day that the UN head arrived in Colombia to discuss the nation’s peace process.

President Santos recalled the nation's peace negotiator from Ecuador and told the military to "act with force and respond to this ELN aggression."

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.

Law enforcement in Colombia are working on at least three potential leads into an attack yesterday on a high-end shopping mall in Bogotá that killed three women and injured several others, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said today. He was clear that investigators did not...

The blast is believed to have detonated within a women's bathroom within the Andino mall. Among the injured, one woman is in serious condition but “not at risk of death."

The oil spill has threatened a nearby stream that feeds into an aqueduct relied upon by some 3,500 locals in Guamalito.