Where the Catatumbo River meets Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela, lightning strikes up to 300 times a year for as many as 9 hours a night. "Catatumbo Lightning," also known as the Maracaibo Beacon, holds the Guinness World Record for the "highest concentration of lightning,

The Colombian border village of Tres Bocas has become a ghost town as residents flee to neighboring Venezuela to escape a new wave of violence that has left at least 80 people dead and displaced thousands in Colombia’s Catatumbo region.

The violence, carried out over the last four days in a northeast region called Catatumbo, is some of the worst the country has suffered through in recent years. And it has raised concerns that the ...

“I have been in dialogue with the holder of the presidency of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, to close the illegal (border) crossings, especially in the Catatumbo River (…) A bilateral action plan ...

Iris Marín said the violence escalated last week in the Catatumbo region, displacing tens of thousands of people. Hundreds more remain confined to their homes and are unable to evacuate due to ...

More than 32,000 people have fled the northern Colombian region of Catatumbo where two rival rebel groups are engaged in a bloody battle. At least 80 people have been killed over recent days amid ...

SÃO PAULO, Brazil – Fierce clashes between two guerrilla groups in the northwestern region of Catatumbo, Colombia, on Jan. 16 have not only resulted in at least 80 people dead, but also ...

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Mr. Ruiz Massieu also warned that violence such as the Catatumbo clashes undermines trust and dialogue: “Violence erodes trust and legitimacy among the parties, communities and public opinion at ...

Soldiers inspect a car riddled with bullets where a family was shot and killed in Tibu, Colombia's northeastern Catatumbo region, where dozens have been killed amid clashes between the National ...

As residents fled for their lives, the army deployed some 5,000 troops to the cocaine-growing Catatumbo region at the center of a fast-escalating territorial war. The National Liberation Army (ELN ...

(AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) Residents cross a river to Venezuela from Colombia’s Tibu, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, following guerrilla attacks that killed dozens and forced thousands to flee their homes in the Catatumbo region. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara ...