Colombia’s government is reactivating arrest orders for the top leadership of the nation’s largest rebel group.

Colombia's attorney general's office on Wednesday reissued arrest warrants for leaders of the National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels, who had been participating in peace talks, as forced displacement caused by ELN attacks rose to 32,

At least 80 civilians have been killed amid a surge of violence between rival rebel groups.

Colombia called on neighboring Venezuela Thursday to help tackle guerrillas blamed for a week of bloody violence that has displaced 40,000 people in the lawless border region.