22/01/2025
La Libertad Sublime strongly condemns the ongoing humanitarian crisis being caused by the conflict between the ELN and dissidents of the former FARC guerrillas in the Catatumbo region. Such a sorry situation once again demonstrates that it is the inhabitants and representatives of those regions which have eternally been overlooked by the Colombian state who continue to suffer the consequences of state abandon, the presence of illegal armed actors and the violence and displacement which invariably accompany such a scenario. We join the call for immediate peace, human rights guarantees and for regions like Catatumbo throughout the country to receive the attention and investment they require, with the interests of local communties at the forefront.
Authorities in Colombia say the death toll from guerrilla violence over drug trafficking territory in the northeast could be as high as 100. Some 25,000 peop...
