Gaitanistas Fight for Control of Colombia's San Andres Island
COLOMBIA
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23 OCT 2012
The Urabeños are fighting rival drug gangs, the Paisas and the Rastrojos, for control of San Andres, a Colombian island…
All About Paisas
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COLOMBIA
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25 SEP 2012
The arrest of a leader of Colombian gang the Paisas reveals the fast-changing dynamics of the drug conflict, in which gangs change names and sides constantly in the shifting world…
COLOMBIA
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9 AUG 2011
The strategic Colombian peninsula of La Guajira, a sought after departure point for drugs heading across the Caribbean, may be up for grabs once more with the arrest of the…
PAISAS
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2 MAY 2011
The second-in-command of Colombian criminal band the Paisas has been captured, once again, by the Colombian police, reports El Colombiano. Oscar Mauricio Galvis, alias "Pantera," was first arrested…
AUC
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1 MAR 2011
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos has been widely praised for his grand plan to return swathes of land to the countrys massive population of internal refugees, forced off their…
AUC
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22 FEB 2011
WikiLeaks is a curious, multilayered beast. On the surface, the diplomatic cables reveal "secrets." But perhaps more importantly, they give us context and meaning to government policy and, sometimes, folly.
COLOMBIA
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20 JAN 2011
Colombian authorities have announced a renewed offensive in the coastal province of Cordoba, where drug-trafficking gangs are clashing over the control of key smuggling routes to the Caribbean.
COLOMBIA PERSONALITIES
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2017-03-09 23:50:47
Angel de Jesus Pacheco Chanci, alias "Sebastian," is generally recognized as being responsible for a great deal of the mayhem that afflicted northeast Antioquia, Colombia throughout 2009…
COLOMBIA PERSONALITIES
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2016-11-07 21:08:28
A member of Colombias AUC, Rafael Alvarez Piñeda, alias "Chepe," demobilized in 2006, going on to lead the paramilitary successor group the Paisas, but later switched sides…
COLOMBIA PERSONALITIES
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2017-03-09 23:52:15
A former fighter in the paramilitary United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), Cesar Augusto Torres Lujan, alias "Mono Vides," was a commander for the Paisas in Antioquia province. He died…
COLOMBIA
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22 NOV 2010
La Guajira is one of Colombia's most contentious states. Nestled along the northern coast and the Venezuelan border, the area serves as a stage, depot, production and processing point for…
AUC
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22 NOV 2010
La Guajira, the oft-forgotten, arid northeast corner of Colombia is one of Colombias most contentious and provides a window into the complexity of the current battles underway between organized criminal…
COLOMBIA GROUPS
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2017-03-10 03:31:38
The Paisas first emerged as a rural militia that grew out of the demobilized AUC paramilitary army, with links to the Oficina de Envigado, but later…
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