Las disidencias de las FARC o ex-Farc Mafia son grupos de excombatientes de la antigua guerrilla que se opusieron o desencantaron del proceso de paz con el gobierno colombiano desde 2016 y se han ido saliendo para regresar a la ilegalidad.
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Reports by the Venezuelan government of landmines in Apure state, demonstrate the recent expansion of a warfare tactic used by…
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…
As in the darkest days of Colombia's civil conflict, armed groups across the country continue to enlist and exploit teenage…
A leader of what was once Colombia's largest guerrilla organization has announced the revival of one of its most formidable…
As part of the 2016 peace deal between Colombia's government and the FARC, which ended decades of war, thousands…
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Through several rounds of extensive field investigations, our researchers have analyzed and mapped out the main illicit economies and criminal groups present in 39 border departments spread across the six countries of study – the Northern Triangle trio of Guatemala, Honduras, and El…
The staff at InSight Crime was awarded the prestigious Simón Bolívar national journalism prize in Colombia for its two-year investigation into the drug trafficker known as “Memo Fantasma,” which was…
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In early 2009, Steven Dudley was in Medellín, Colombia. His assignment: speak to a jailed paramilitary leader in the Itagui prison, just south of the city. Following his interview inside…
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