Urabeños
The Urabeños emerged from the ashes of Colombia’s paramilitary movement to become the dominant criminal force in Colombia, with a reach that spread all across the country.
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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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23 AUG 2021
The death of a top guerrilla commander in southern Colombia has unveiled an all-too-familiar situation: the leaders of criminal groups…
COCAINE
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19 AUG 2021
Colombia's northern city of Santa Marta has seen a shocking rise in murders this year as smaller gangs are getting…
COCAINE
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17 AUG 2021
A cell within a notorious Montenegrin cocaine trafficking group has been dismantled on Spain’s Canary Islands, demonstrating how Balkan drug…
COCAÍNA
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30 JUL 2021
While the amount of coca crops in Colombia has dipped for the third year, the country's cocaine production continues to…
COLOMBIA
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12 JUL 2021
The pandemic has done nothing to reduce clashes between criminal actors in Colombia, with a rise in violence in early…
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