The National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional - ELN) is one of the two main guerrilla armies with left-wing political ideologies operating in Colombia. Initially a Marxist-Leninist nationalist movement, it now appears more focused on kidnapping, extortion and attacks on economic infrastructure. And while it eschewed drug trafficking for decades, it has recently been linked to the narcotics trade…
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The pandemic has done nothing to reduce clashes between criminal actors in Colombia, with a rise in violence in early…
Convulsed by nearly eight weeks of anti-government protests, the Colombian city of Cali has also experienced a terrible surge in…
The retirement of the ELN's top commander and political leader may have sweeping implications for the guerrilla group as it…
Eliecer Erlinto Chamorro, alias "Antonio Garcia," is the number two commander in Colombias National Liberation Army…
Colombia remains a hotspot for forced recruitment of minors. In this, the last of a three-part investigation by InSight Crime,…
Children serve in a wide range of roles in criminal organizations: errand boy, landmine builder, frontline combatant and assassin. In…
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