The FARC is the hemisphere’s oldest and largest insurgency. InSight Crime explores the group’s roots, its growth and its efforts to strike a peace deal with the government.
50 years of the FARC: War, Drugs and Revolution
COLOMBIA
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26 MAY 2014
Chapter 1
The FARC 2002-Present: Decapitation and Rebirth
COLOMBIA
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26 MAY 2014
In August 2002, the guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) greeted Colombia's new president with a mortar attack that killed 14 people during his inauguration. The attack…
Chapter 2
The FARC 1964-2002: From Ragged Rebellion to Military Machine
COLOMBIA
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26 MAY 2014
On May 27, 1964 up to one thousand Colombian soldiers, backed by fighter planes and helicopters, launched an assault against less than fifty guerrillas in the tiny community of Marquetalia.
Chapter 3
The FARC and the Drug Trade: Siamese Twins?
COLOMBIA
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26 MAY 2014
The FARC have always had a love-hate relationship with drugs. They love the money it brings, funds which have allowed them to survive and even threaten to topple the state…
Chapter 4
The Reality of the FARC Peace Talks in Havana
COLOMBIA
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26 MAY 2014
If we are to believe the Colombian government, the question is not if, but rather when, an end to 50 years of civil conflict will be reached. Yet the promise…
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InSight Crime Events – Border Crime: The Northern Triangle and Tri-Border Area
ARGENTINA
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25 JAN 2021
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…
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InSight Crime’s ‘Memo Fantasma’ Investigation Wins Simón Bolívar National Journalism Prize
COLOMBIA
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20 NOV 2020
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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InSight Crime – From Uncovering Organized Crime to Finding What Works
COLOMBIA
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12 NOV 2020
This project began 10 years ago as an effort to address a problem: the lack of daily coverage, investigative stories and analysis of organized crime in the Americas. …
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InSight Crime – Ten Years of Investigating Organized Crime in the Americas
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2 NOV 2020
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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