U.S.officials are warning Americans to stay away from a region of Latin America amid an elevated threat of attacks by armed groups using explosive-rigged drones.The U.S.
Embassy in Colombia posted the warning about Colombia's Norte de Santander Department, also known as North Santander, on Sept.29.Norte de Santander Department is located in northeastern Colombia along the country's border with Venezuela.TERRORISM, ARMED CONFLICT PROMPT STARK WARNING FOR AMERICANS VISITING SCENIC SPOTAmericans are urged not to travel to the area — or within five miles of the Colombia-Venezuela border — due to crime, kidnapping and conflict between armed groups.U.S.
citizens are also urged to reconsider travel to all other regions of Colombia, according to State Department guidance in recent months.U.S.officials are warning Americans against traveling to Colombia's Norte de Santander Department amid threats from illegal armed groups.
(Jair F.Coll/Getty Images)The area faces an "elevated risk of attacks" from illegal armed groups in the Norte de Santander Department, according to the embassy's Sept.
29 statement.This includes the National Liberation Army (ELN), which the U.S.designates as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO).‘DO NOT PHYSICALLY RESIST’: US ISSUES CHILLING ROBBERY WARNING FOR AMERICANS OVERSEAS"Groups in the Catatumbo region have repeatedly used commercially available drones fitted with explosives, often combined with rifle fire, to attack police substations and military installations," the statement said.Americans are urged not to travel within five miles of the Colombia-Venezuela border due to crime, kidnapping and armed conflict.
(Schneyder Mendoza/AFP via Getty Images)Officials also warned that the groups "may conduct attacks with little or no warning against police stations, government buildings, military installations and related infrastructure in Norte de Santander Department."CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTEREmbassy officials advis...