InSight Crime report reveals ELN’s deep expansion in Venezuela, controlling territory, drug routes and local governance, complicating Colombia’s peace efforts.

The ELN has now reportedly expanded to operating its own cocaine laboratories and overseeing transport of the drug across borders.

U.S. President Donald Trump continued his threats of land strikes against suspected Venezuelan drug traffickers in an interview published on Tuesday as Trump administration officials prepared to brief top U.

Colombia said it would favor a path for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to hand over power to a transition government tasked with organizing new elections — preferring the idea over the alternative of a more forceful U.

FILE - Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello speaks to the press during the arrival of Venezuelan migrants returning from Mexico, at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File) CARACAS ...

US President Donald Trump has threatened military strikes on Colombia amid rising tensions over drug trafficking. Speaking at the White House, he said: "If they come in through a certain country, any country ... I hear Colombia is making cocaine ... anybody doing that and selling it into our country is subject to attack."

U.S. President Donald Trump warned Colombia’s leadership during a press briefing, saying the country’s president “better wise up” over cocaine production and drug trafficking into the United States. Responding to a question about engaging with Colombia after speaking to Mexico and Venezuela,

Lucas Hunter loves to kite surf, so along with his sister Sophie he planned a trip to Colombia to take advantage of the “good waves” in the north of the country in late December last year. After an illness left Sophie unable to go on the trip, Lucas ...

Venezuela boosted their chances of qualifying for the World Cup for the first time in their history, beating Bolivia 2-0 on Friday, while faltering rivals Colombia were held to a 0-0 draw at home to Peru. A calamitous fifth-minute own goal from Hector ...

The Venezuelan president sat down for his first American interview in years. Embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accused the U.S. government of trying to fabricate a crisis to start a war in South America in his first interview with an American ...