Fighting between armed groups in northwestern Colombia may have left more than 50 dead in three days of confrontation, local authorities told EFE on Saturday. "Since neither the Army nor the Attorney General's Office have been able to reach the area,

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.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro suspended peace talks with the leftist National Liberation Army (ELN), on Friday, after accusing the group of committing a war crime in the Catatumbo region.