Gaitanistas

Brief

Panama’s Bocas del Toro Archipelago New Cocaine Seizure Hotspot

by Alessandro Ford 25 Sep 202024 Apr 2023

Gaitanistas Reactivate Montes de María Drug Route in Northern Colombia

by Lara Loaiza 8 Sep 202024 Apr 2023

Criminal Governance Under Coronavirus: How Colombian Groups Seized the Day

by Colombia Investigative Unit 3 Sep 202028 Oct 2021

Brief

More Than Drug Trafficking Drives Violence in Colombia’s Nariño

by Juan Diego Cárdenas 26 Aug 202024 Apr 2023

Los Pachenca Holding On in Northern Colombia After Leader’s Death

by Javier Villalba 29 Jun 202024 Apr 2023

Colombia’s High Commissioner for Peace Lays Out New Appeal to Armed Groups

by Juan Diego Posada 19 May 202024 Apr 2023

Colombia Running Out of Incentives to Convince Armed Fighters to Surrender

by Juan Diego Posada 19 May 202024 Apr 2023

Brief

Will Government Inaction See Landmine Use Spike in Colombia?

by Natalia Suárez 11 Feb 202024 Apr 2023

GameChangers 2019: Latin America’s Top 10 Criminal Groups

by Jeremy McDermott 22 Jan 202027 Sep 2023

Brief

Bojayá: Colombia’s First Violent Flashpoint of 2020

by Maria Alejandra Navarrete 16 Jan 202024 Apr 2023

Gaitanistas Leadership Under Mounting Pressure in Colombia

by Juan Camilo Jaramillo 30 Aug 201924 Apr 2023

Los Pachenca Leader Killed, Casting Doubt on Colombia Group’s Future

by Juan Diego Cárdenas 19 Jun 201924 Apr 2023

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