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Violence Rages On in Colombia’s Cauca Department
A wave of violence has struck Colombia's southwestern Cauca department, in the form of targeted killings and armed groups battling for control of coca crops and trafficking routes -- a deadly...
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FARC
As the biggest irregular army in Colombia, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia - FARC) have long operated in various regions of the country in search of resources to fund their insurgency. They agreed to end their 52-year war against the government in August 2016, as part of a peace process that began in 2012.
The FARC are the oldest and most...
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Ecuador: A Cocaine Superhighway to the US and Europe
Little attention is paid to Ecuador. The murder rate is low, and there are no drug cartels like those that have dominated the criminal landscape in Mexico and...
Brief /
Venezuela-FARC Drug Trafficking Alliance May Explain DEA Expulsion
New evidence suggests that late Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez allied with the FARC to “flood” the United States with cocaine, potentially explaining...
Brief /
Duque Doubles Down on Colombia’s FARC Dissidents After Call to Arms
A military operation that killed 14 dissident FARC fighters just a day after three former top guerrilla commanders announced a return to arms seems to hint at the...
Analysis /
Resurgence of Coca in Putumayo Reflects Colombia’s Failed Strategy
The south of Putumayo has re-emerged as Colombia’s second-largest coca producing center, following a period of demobilizations and crop substitutions that had led...
Colombia /
Seuxis Pausías Hernández, alias ‘Jesús Santrich’
Seuxis Pausías Hernández Solarte, alias “Jesús Santrich,” is a former rebel commander who has taken up arms again as part of a new...
Brief /
Drug Dealers Masqueraded as FARC to Enter Colombia’s Peace Process
The capture of a former FARC leader in Colombia has revealed how he tried to falsely enlist drug traffickers within the country's peace process, registering them as...
Colombia /
Hernán Darío Velásquez Saldarriaga, alias ‘El Paisa’
Hernán Darío Velásquez, better known as 'El Paisa,' was a top former leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de...
Analysis /
Uptick in Colombia Massacres Highlights Shifting Criminal Dynamics
A new United Nations report has revealed a scandalous increase in the number of massacres carried out in Colombia, revealing new criminal dynamics in strategic...
Brief /
Trails Along Colombia-Venezuela Border Are Criminal Enclaves
In the aftermath of the closure of the Colombia-Venezuela border, criminal groups have seized control of illegal trails, known as "trochas," that have become the...