The Rastrojos were born out of the powerful Norte del Valle drug cartel and rose to become one of the most powerful transnational criminal syndicates in Colombia, until their top leadership surrendered or was captured in 2012.
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A local gang targeted bus drivers in Barranquilla, Colombia, to gain attention ahead of the country's change in government.
The Urabeños, and some smaller Colombian gangs, have sent a letter to president-elect Gustavo Petro to seek peace.
One of the first Balkan cocaine traffickers to ever establish a presence in South America and forge criminal alliances between…
The Urabeños, one of Colombia's dominant drug groups, are seemingly ramping up operations along the Colombia-Venezuela border – a gambit…
A new alliance between two of Colombia's main criminal groups is seeking to contest the ELN's control of lucrative criminal…
In a region where 50 percent of the population already makes its living in the informal market, it was perhaps…
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