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Visitors walk through a carnivorous plant exhibit at the Botanical Garden in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, April 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
AP PHOTOS: Hundreds of carnivorous plants on display lure in visitors in Colombia
Hundreds of carnivorous plants were displayed this weekend at Bogotá’s botanical garden in an exhibit that invited visitors to allow themselves to be “trapped” by these colorful, deceptive specimens.
 
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)
Colombians flee to Venezuela as clashes between rebel groups escalate in coca-rich border region
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.
 
US military planes land near Venezuela border with aid
The U.S. Air Force has begun flying tons of aid to a Colombian town on the Venezuelan border as part of an effort meant to undermine socialist President Nicolas Maduro and back his rival to leadership of the South American nation.
 
AP EXPLAINS: Why Colombia’s rebel conflict could soon end