Insight Crime September 19, 2023 The Colombian government’s new drug policy aims to radically shift the country’s approach to the fight against drugs. But given a seemingly unstoppable increase in…
Category: COLOMBIA
Escobar’s Former Hitman Takes the Road to ‘Total Peace’ in Medellín, Colombia
By: Insight Crime September 15, 2023 Henry Holguín looked out from the empty second-floor balcony of a small restaurant in La Bayadera, a busy industrial neighborhood in the city of…
Colombian Mayors at a Crossroads: Co-Govern With Criminals or Flee
By: Insight Crime September 5, 2023 On the morning of June 4, 2023, during a town celebration in La Playa de Belén in northwestern Colombia, armed men burst into the…
Kidnappings Surge in Colombia Amid ELN Peace Negotiations
July 25, 2023 Kidnappings are rising across Colombia, despite President Gustavo Petro’s administration gearing up for peace negotiations with the country’s last remaining guerrilla group. Across the country, kidnappings increased…
Death of Iván Márquez Simplifies Colombia Peace Negotiations
By: Insight Crime July 18, 2023 Iván Márquez, former guerrilla commander, has reportedly died in Venezuela, with his death likely having far-reaching consequences for Colombia’s “Total Peace” negotiations. Multiple media…
La Pista: Venezuelans Find Refuge in Colombian Desert
June 6, 2023 Maria leans on a wooden plank outside her shelter — a collection of corrugated metal, errant bricks, and plastic tarps salvaged from the ruins of an international…
Paramilitary Commander Salvatore Mancuso Reveals AUC’s Connections in Colombia
By: Sara Garcia for Insight Crime May 30, 2023 In a recent testimony before the Colombian transitional justice system, one of the most important commanders of the AUC outlined the…
MAPP/OAS Urges Illegal Armed Groups to Join with Determination the Policy of Total Peace in Colombia
May 19, 2023 The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (GS/OAS) presented today to the Permanent Council Report 34 on the work of the Mission to Support the…
Colombian government winning against Drug traffickers- Osario arrest a big deal!
By: Staff Writer May 9, 2023 The Colombian Navy dealt hard blows to narcotrafficking, leading several combined operations with forces from the region in March, which resulted in the seizure…
Acacio Medina Front – Ex-FARC Mafia
By: Insight Crime April 4, 2023 The Acacio Medina Front is a dissident group that emerged from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – FARC),…
EU LAUNCHES CARIBBEAN DIGITAL ALLIANCE
By: Kimberly Ramkhalawan March 14, 2023 kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com Some €145m from Team Europe, including €50m from the EU budget has been put forward to boost digital cooperation between the European Union-Latin…
Peace Leaders in Putumayo, Colombia Bet Their Lives on Coca Crop Substitution
By: Alicia Florez, Insight Crime March 2023 Community leaders in Colombia’s Putumayo department have historically supported coca substitution programs as part of peace processes aimed at resolving the country’s long-running…