A decrease in cocaine flows in northern Colombia has resulted in an increase in extortion as increasingly fragmented criminal groups seek new funding sources. According to the national police database, …
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The BACRIM were a collection of Colombian criminal groups who sought, ultimately unsuccessfully, to set up operations in Venezuela.
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s Total Peace plan faces a very tough road ahead. Can over 20 criminal groups really all commit to peace?
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A local gang targeted bus drivers in Barranquilla, Colombia, to gain attention ahead of the country’s change in government.
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The Urabeños, and some smaller Colombian gangs, have sent a letter to president-elect Gustavo Petro to seek peace.
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The Rastrojos were one of Colombia’s most feared criminal groups but they are now a shadow of their former selves.
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Balkan Traffickers Becoming Ever More Important to Trans-Atlantic Cocaine Trade
by Mia Meyerby Mia MeyerOne of the first Balkan cocaine traffickers to ever establish a presence in South America and forge criminal alliances between the two regions has once again been arrested in Europe.
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Colombia’s Election Year Begins with Alarming Escalation in Violence
by Elijah Jonesby Elijah JonesThe recent escalation of violence perpetrated by criminal groups in Colombia could not only undermine the upcoming elections, but aggravate the complex security situation in some areas of the country.
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The Urabeños, one of Colombia’s dominant drug groups, are seemingly ramping up operations along the Colombia-Venezuela border – a gambit likely to foment more violence in an already dangerous region.
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New Criminal Alliance Fending Off ELN at Colombia-Venezuela Border
by Efren Bryneby Efren BryneA new alliance between two of Colombia’s main criminal groups is seeking to contest the ELN’s control of lucrative criminal economies along the border with Venezuela.