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 in recent days amid the surge in fighting between rebels from the National Liberation Army (ELN) and dissident factions of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
One official government agency said it had received reports of ELN rebels going house-to-house and killing those suspected of ties with rival groups.
The government has declared a state of emergency and the first of a planned deployment of 5,000 soldiers have arrived in the area.
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