Jani Silva sits inside the wooden house she built on the banks of Colombia’s Putumayo River — a home she hasn't slept in for more than eight years. The longtime environmental activist has been threatened for work that includes protecting part of the Amazon from oil and mining exploitation.

Two police officers have been killed in northeast Colombia in an attack that authorities blame on the National Liberation Army, a Marxist guerrilla force active since the 1960s

The seizures come as Colombian President Gustavo Petro is calling on the U.S. to end strikes in the region against apparent drug-carrying vessels.

Tensions between the US and Petro have been mounting. In recent months, Washington decertified Colombia as a drug control partner, revoked Petro’s visa, cut aid, and labelled him an “illegal drug dealer.

Trump previously called the Colombian president an " illegal drug leader ," threatening to end financial aid to the country. The Trump administration on October 23 imposed sweeping sanctions on Petro, his family and a top Cabinet member, accusing them of aiding the global drug trade.

The ELN, accused of financing itself through kidnapping, drug trafficking and illegal mining, has held peace talks with several governments since the 1990s, but they stalled due to its radical demands, diffuse chain of command and internal disagreements, according to security sources. The rebel group has always said it acts in full unity.

President Trump's latest threat comes amid deteriorating relations with Bogota, which celebrated 200 years of diplomatic ties with Washington three years ago.

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

Colombia registró el asesinato de al menos 69 defensores de derechos humanos entre enero y noviembre de este año, continuando con una tendencia

A moderately strong, 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck in Colombia on Wednesday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 3:27 a.m. Colombia time about 7 miles northeast of Jordán, Colombia, data from the agency shows.

Here is Colombia's World Cup group stage opponents, which stadiums they will play at, and the times for the games.