Rastrojos
The Rastrojos were one of Colombia's most feared criminal groups but they are now a shadow of their former selves.
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COLOMBIA
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28 DEC 2022
Colombian President Gustavo Petro's Total Peace plan faces a very tough road ahead. Can over 20 criminal groups really all…
COLOMBIA
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4 AUG 2022
A local gang targeted bus drivers in Barranquilla, Colombia, to gain attention ahead of the country's change in government.
COLOMBIA
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25 JUL 2022
The Urabeños, and some smaller Colombian gangs, have sent a letter to president-elect Gustavo Petro to seek peace.
COCAINE
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2 MAY 2022
One of the first Balkan cocaine traffickers to ever establish a presence in South America and forge criminal alliances between…
COLOMBIA
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2 SEP 2021
The Urabeños, one of Colombia's dominant drug groups, are seemingly ramping up operations along the Colombia-Venezuela border – a gambit…
COLOMBIA
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19 JAN 2021
A new alliance between two of Colombia's main criminal groups is seeking to contest the ELN's control of lucrative criminal…
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