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Soldiers patrol a street in Tibu, Colombia, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, following a spate of guerrilla attacks that have killed dozens of people and forced thousands to flee their homes in the Catatumbo region. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Soldiers patrol a street in Tibu, Colombia, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, following a spate of guerrilla attacks that have killed dozens of people and forced thousands to flee their homes in the Catatumbo region. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Police guard a school serving as a shelter for people displaced by violence in the Catatumbo region, where rebels of the National Liberation Army (ELN) have been clashing with former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), in Tibu, Colombia, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Police guard a school serving as a shelter for people displaced by violence in the Catatumbo region, where rebels of the National Liberation Army (ELN) have been clashing with former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), in Tibu, Colombia, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

People displaced by guerrilla attacks that have killed dozens and forced thousands to flee their homes, arrive to a school serving as a temporary shelter in Tibu, Colombia, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

People displaced by guerrilla attacks that have killed dozens and forced thousands to flee their homes, arrive to a school serving as a temporary shelter in Tibu, Colombia, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

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 Liberation Army (ELN) and former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

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 Liberation Army (ELN) and former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Soldiers patrol Tibu, Colombia, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, following a spate of guerrilla attacks that have killed dozens of people and forced thousands to flee their homes in the Catatumbo region. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Soldiers patrol Tibu, Colombia, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, following a spate of guerrilla attacks that have killed dozens of people and forced thousands to flee their homes in the Catatumbo region. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

People displaced by guerrilla attacks that have killed dozens and forced thousands to flee their homes, gather at a school serving as a temporary shelter in Tibu, Colombia, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

People displaced by guerrilla attacks that have killed dozens and forced thousands to flee their homes, gather at a school serving as a temporary shelter in Tibu, Colombia, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Soldiers patrol a road in Tibu in Colombia's northeastern Catatumbo region, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, where dozens have been killed amid clashes between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Soldiers patrol a road in Tibu in Colombia's northeastern Catatumbo region, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, where dozens have been killed amid clashes between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Soldiers patrol in Tibu, Colombia, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, following guerrilla attacks that have killed dozens of people and forced thousands to flee their homes in the Catatumbo region. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Soldiers patrol in Tibu, Colombia, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, following guerrilla attacks that have killed dozens of people and forced thousands to flee their homes in the Catatumbo region. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

People displaced by violence in the Catatumbo region, where rebels of the National Liberation Army (ELN) have been clashing with former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), take shelter at a school in Tibu, Colombia, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

People displaced by violence in the Catatumbo region, where rebels of the National Liberation Army (ELN) have been clashing with former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), take shelter at a school in Tibu, Colombia, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

People displaced by violence in the Catatumbo region, where rebels of the National Liberation Army (ELN) have been clashing with former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), take shelter at a school in Tibu, Colombia, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

People displaced by violence in the Catatumbo region, where rebels of the National Liberation Army (ELN) have been clashing with former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), take shelter at a school in Tibu, Colombia, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (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)

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)

Police patrol in Tibu, Colombia's northeastern Catatumbo region, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, where dozens have been killed amid clashes between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Police patrol in Tibu, Colombia's northeastern Catatumbo region, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, where dozens have been killed amid clashes between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Jose Mejia sits inside a shelter for people displaced following guerrilla attacks that have killed dozens of people and forced thousands to flee their homes in Tibu, Colombia, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Jose Mejia sits inside a shelter for people displaced following guerrilla attacks that have killed dozens of people and forced thousands to flee their homes in Tibu, Colombia, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Residents gather under the watch of a soldier in Tibu, Colombia, on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, following a series of guerrilla attacks that have killed dozens and forced thousands to flee their homes in the Catatumbo region. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Residents gather under the watch of a soldier in Tibu, Colombia, on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, following a series of guerrilla attacks that have killed dozens and forced thousands to flee their homes in the Catatumbo region. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)