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Gaitanistas

Posted inNews ELN

What Is Behind Increased Violence in Colombia?

by Lara Loaiza 21 Jun 20242 Jul 2024
Colombia peasants carry loads-of-harvested-coca-leaves-cocaine-erradication-
Posted inNews Coca

State Inertia and Organized Crime Limit Colombia’s Coca Substitution Program

by Alicia Florez and Sara Garcia 6 Jun 20246 Jun 2024
Posted inNews Illegal Mining

The Dragons of Chocó: Illegal Gold Mining in Colombia’s Rivers

by Charlotte Newell and Juan Diego Cárdenas 23 May 202424 May 2024
Colombian national police lined up in Barranquilla. Oficiales de la policía nacional de Colombia en formación en Barranquilla.
Posted inNews Extortion

Decreased Cocaine Flows Lead to Increased Extortion in Northern Colombia

by Juliana Manjarrés and Salvador Lescano 11 Apr 202411 Apr 2024
Posted inNews Migration and Crime

Colombia’s AGC Squeezes Profits From Control Of Key Migration Choke Point

by Henry Shuldiner and Sergio Saffon 4 Apr 20245 Apr 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
A concert in Colombia Un concierto en Colombia
Posted inNews Colombia

Colombian Criminals Use Music Industry to Launder Money

by Sara Garcia 22 Feb 202423 Feb 2024
Members of the Caparros, a criminal group in Colombia
Posted inColombia Los Caparrapos

Caparros

by InSight Crime 15 Jan 202415 Jan 2024
Posted inNews Colombia Peace

GameChangers 2023: Unintended Consequences for Colombia’s ‘Total Peace’

by Sergio Saffon and Sara Garcia 29 Dec 202325 Jun 2024
A container ship in the Panama canal
Posted inNews Panama

Panama Canal Drought Impacts Drug Traffickers’ Logistics

by Juan Camilo Jaramillo 18 Dec 202318 Dec 2023
Illegal mining operations in Putumayo, Colombia-FAC Colombia, November, 2022
Posted inNews Environmental Crime

Gold Mining in Colombia Increasingly Tied to Organized Crime: Report

by Maria Luisa Valencia 7 Dec 202313 Dec 2023
Four members of the AGC, or Gaitanistas, after their arrest in Colombia
Posted inColombia Gaitanistas

Gaitanistas – Gulf Clan

by InSight Crime 5 Dec 20231 Apr 2024

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