Una investigaci\u00f3n que se extendi\u00f3 por varios a\u00f1os ha revelado que m\u00e1s del 70% de la miner\u00eda en Colombia es ilegal, una estad\u00edstica que recuerda la importancia de atacar esta industria criminal como parte del proceso de construcci\u00f3n de paz en el pa\u00eds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Las cifras, consultadas por El Tiempo<\/a>, provienen de una publicaci\u00f3n de cinco vol\u00famenes hecha por la Universidad Externado de Colombia<\/a>, realizada por 93 investigadores durante dos a\u00f1os y medio. De acuerdo con El Tiempo, es considerada una de las investigaciones m\u00e1s profundas de este tipo en Colombia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seg\u00fan El Tiempo, el rector de la Universidad Externado de Colombia, Juan Carlos Henao, dijo que los principales problemas de la miner\u00eda ilegal son de tipo financiero, ya que los minerales extra\u00eddos ilegalmente no son gravados, y medioambientales, dado que cada a\u00f1o se desechan 180 toneladas m\u00e9tricas de mercurio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Henao tambi\u00e9n dijo que esta industria criminal, que involucra a m\u00faltiples actores armados ilegales, ser\u00e1 un reto importante para el \u201cposconflicto\u201d en Colombia. El gobierno colombiano y el grupo guerrillero de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) llegaron a un acuerdo<\/a> a finales de junio con respecto al cese bilateral al fuego, con lo cual las dos partes est\u00e1n cada vez m\u00e1s cerca de un acuerdo final de paz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n VEA TAMBI\u00c9N: <\/strong>Cobertura sobre miner\u00eda<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Investigadores acad\u00e9micos le dijeron a El Tiempo que atacar la industria de la miner\u00eda ilegal requerir\u00e1 un cambio a largo plazo en la mentalidad de las comunidades mineras, as\u00ed como la educaci\u00f3n de las autoridades locales acerca de las respuestas policiales m\u00e1s adecuadas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Las cifras de la universidad son una nueva se\u00f1al de que la miner\u00eda ilegal ser\u00e1 uno de los retos de seguridad m\u00e1s grandes <\/a>de Colombia si el gobierno y las FARC logran firmar un acuerdo final de paz. Las FARC tienen fuertes conexiones<\/a> con la industria de la miner\u00eda ilegal, ya que es una de las principales fuentes financieras il\u00edcitas del grupo guerrillero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n El sector de miner\u00eda ilegal se ha vuelto adem\u00e1s uno de los m\u00e1s grandes generadores de ingresos <\/a>para otros grupos armados ilegales. Es una industria que puede producir US$2.4 mil millones al a\u00f1o, seg\u00fan c\u00e1lculos del gobierno<\/a>, y el a\u00f1o pasado Juan Manuel Santos sugiri\u00f3 que la miner\u00eda criminal es m\u00e1s lucrativa que el tr\u00e1fico de drogas.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n VEA TAMBI\u00c9N: <\/strong>Cobertura sobre paz con las FARC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Dados estos altos m\u00e1rgenes de beneficio, no es sorprendente que los grupos colombianos ya se est\u00e9n disputando el control de las \u00e1reas de miner\u00eda que las FARC presuntamente abandonar\u00e1n<\/a> una vez se llegue a un acuerdo de paz, especialmente en los departamentos de Antioquia y Choc\u00f3.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Uno de estos grupos son Los Urabe\u00f1os, la organizaci\u00f3n criminal m\u00e1s poderosa del pa\u00eds. Los Urabe\u00f1os han sido recientemente vinculados a los homicidios de por lo menos 17 l\u00edderes comunitarios<\/a> en el municipio de El Bagre, Antioquia, en los \u00faltimos seis meses. El Bagre es, a su vez, un centro de miner\u00eda ilegal y de cultivos de coca<\/a>, y ya se ha visto afectado por disputas territoriales <\/a>entre Los Urabe\u00f1os y las FARC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Una investigaci\u00f3n que se extendi\u00f3 por varios a\u00f1os ha revelado que m\u00e1s del 70% de la miner\u00eda en Colombia es ilegal, una estad\u00edstica que recuerda la importancia de atacar esta industria criminal como parte del proceso de construcci\u00f3n de paz en el 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