Colombia: 16000 Displaced in Guerrilla Turf War in Northeast Colombia: UN

Jul 12, 2018 | Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports
View Original

Some 16,000 people from northwest Colombia have been displaced since fighting broke out between ELN and EPL guerrillas in mid-March, according to the United Nations. The turf war between the rival groups is over control over the lawless Catatumbo region near the Venezuelan border is entering its fifth month.