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Second Marquetalia

Peace talks between the Second Marquetalia and the Colombian government in Caracas, Venezuela.
Posted inNews Second Marquetalia

Why Colombia’s Second Marquetalia May Finally Be Ready for Peace 

by Sergio Saffon 27 Jun 202428 Jun 2024
A graffiti tag on a blue house marks AGC territory in Acandí, Colombia. Una etiqueta de graffiti en una casa azul marca el territorio de los AGC en Acandí, Colombia.
Posted inNews Colombia

Q&A: How the AGC Threatens Colombia’s Plans for Total Peace

by Henry Shuldiner 2 Apr 20242 Apr 2024
Posted inInvestigations ELN

Venezuela and the ELN’s Love-Hate Relationship with Drug Trafficking

Avatar photo by Venezuela Investigative Unit 3 Oct 202219 Oct 2023
The ELN and other Colombian guerrilla groups have found a new home in Venezuela, making them binational groups.
Posted inInvestigations ELN

Rebels and Paramilitaries: Colombia’s Guerrillas in Venezuela

Avatar photo by Venezuela Investigative Unit 3 Oct 202219 Oct 2023
Gentil Duarte, El Paisa, Jesus Santrich and Romana are just some of the ex-FARC commanders to have been killed in Venezuela
Posted inInvestigations Venezuela

How Venezuela Became a Cemetery for the ex-FARC Mafia Leadership

Avatar photo by Venezuela Investigative Unit 3 Oct 202219 Oct 2023
One of many seizures of cocaine recently caught in Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Posted inNews

Colombian and Mexican Cartels Pick Sides in Ecuador’s Drug War

by Juliana Manjarrés 9 May 202211 Jan 2024
Posted inNews

The Perpetual Cocaine War of Colombia’s Putumayo

by Juliana Manjarrés 23 Feb 202213 Oct 2023
Posted inNews

‘Invisible’ Drug Trafficker Joins Forces with Former Enemies in Colombia

by Laura Ávila 17 Feb 202213 Oct 2023
Posted inNews GameChangers

GameChangers 2021: COVID Chaos, Corruption, Deforestation and Synthetic Drugs

Steven DudleyJeremy McDermott by Steven Dudley and Jeremy McDermott 22 Dec 202113 Oct 2023
Ivan Marquez, El Paisa and Jesus Santrich stand next to each other in the video declaring the creation of the Second Marquetalia in August 2019
Posted inNews

The Second Marquetalia’s Uncertain Future

by InSight Crime 21 Dec 202113 Oct 2023
A photo of Hernán Darío Velásquez, better known as "El Paisa."
Posted inNews

Top Ex-FARC Commanders, El Paisa and Romaña, Confirmed Killed in Venezuela

by Juan Diego Posada and Sara Garcia 6 Dec 202113 Oct 2023
Ex-FARC fighters leave a reintegration camp in Uribe, Meta, due to regular violence against them
Posted inNews

Five Years into Colombia Peace Process, Ex-FARC Fighters Continue to Flee

by Sara Garcia 26 Nov 202113 Oct 2023

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