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5 Organized Crime Challenges for Colombia President-Elect Duque
The election of conservative Iván Duque as Colombia's next president has raised questions on how the country will tackle some of the many challenges it faces regarding new criminal dynamics, rising violence, and the shaky peace deal with the...
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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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Analysis /
FARC Leader Turns Back on Congress, Further Jeopardizing Peace
The announcement by a FARC party heavyweight that he would not take a senatorial seat he was offered as part of a 2016-peace agreement may further jeopardize an...
Analysis /
4 Troubling Takeaways From FARC Leader’s Arrest
The arrest of Seuxis Paucis Hernández Solarte, alias “Jesús Santrich,” has shaken the FARC party, tried the new peace courts, and implicated scores of other...
Analysis /
Dire Outlook for Colombia Peace Process After FARC Leader’s Arrest
The bold arrest of one of the FARC’s top leaders on drug charges has shaken Colombia’s peace process, uncovered ties between a FARC politician and criminalized...
Brief /
Weekly InSight: Colombia’s ‘Invisibles’ – the New Generation of Drug Traffickers
InSight Crime's co-director Jeremy McDermott and Senior Investigator Deborah Bonello dug into our latest report this week -- ‘The Invisibles’: Colombia’s new...
The ‘Invisibles’: Colombia’s New Generation of Drug Traffickers
Drug trafficking has long embedded itself in Colombia’s civil conflict, hiding among, and subverting, the warring factions. Now as the civil conflict draws down,...
Brief /
Colombia Election Results Cast Doubt Over Future of FARC Peace Deal
Recent congressional elections in Colombia brought victory to a slate of candidates opposed to a 2016 peace deal between the government and the now-demobilized FARC...
Colombia /
Miguel Botache Santillana, alias ‘Gentil Duarte’
Miguel Botache Santillana, better known as "Gentil Duarte," is currently Colombia's most wanted criminal. He used to be an important leader within the FARC-EP...
Colombia /
Géner García Molina, alias ‘Jhon 40’
Géner García Molina, better known as "Jhon 40," is the one who connects the cocaine that leaves southern Colombia with its buyers in Venezuela. If there is one...
Colombia /
1st Front Dissidence
The 1st Front dissidence is the most important of the criminal groups comprised of ex-members of the now demobilized Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas...
