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Jan 2, 2025 · The ongoing assassinations of social leaders are a major setback for President Gustavo Petro’s “Total Peace” policy.. When taking office in 2022, the president vowed to …

Dec 26, 2024 · Colombia’s war crimes tribunal JEP announced that forensic experts found human remans in a waste dump in the west of Medellin.. The exhumation of at least two victims of …

Jan 12, 2023 · To produce one kilo of cocaine some 125 kilos of coca is needed, which would cost a local drug lab $137.50. Once the lab has turned the coca leaves first into coca paste, …

Oct 3, 2021 · AGC / “Gulf Clan” | FARC dissidents | “Puntilleros” | EPL / “Pelusos” | Caparrapos | Oficina de Envigado | Mafia de Sinaloa | LDNP | Cordillera | Pachenca ELN activity (2020) The …

Nov 27, 2024 · Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said his government seeks to ban the recruitment of mercenaries.. Petro said so in response to a report of news website La Silla …

Jan 20, 2025 · At least 80 people were killed and another 11,000 fled their homes in northeast Colombia since Friday when guerrilla group ELN embarked on an offensive to retake control …

Sep 25, 2023 · Poverty in Colombia decreased in last year after a major surge caused by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.. Colombia’s poverty rate. Colombia poverty rate dropped …

6 days ago · A decision by Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro to broadcast a minister’s council revealed major tensions in his government. Petro decided to make the historically confidential …