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Jan 2, 2025 · The ongoing assassinations of social leaders are a major setback for President Gustavo Petro’s “Total Peace” policy.. When taking office in 2022, the president vowed to improve the security conditions for activists and communities that suffer from violence by …

Dec 26, 2024 · Colombia’s war crimes tribunal JEP announced that forensic experts found human remans in a waste dump in the west of Medellin.. The exhumation of at least two victims of forced displacement was celebrated by family members of missing persons who have been urging to search for their loved ones in La Escombrera.

Jan 12, 2023 · To produce one kilo of cocaine some 125 kilos of coca is needed, which would cost a local drug lab $137.50. Once the lab has turned the coca leaves first into coca paste, then into coca base and ultimately into real cocaine, the value will have increased to $2,269.

Oct 3, 2021 · AGC / “Gulf Clan” | FARC dissidents | “Puntilleros” | EPL / “Pelusos” | Caparrapos | Oficina de Envigado | Mafia de Sinaloa | LDNP | Cordillera | Pachenca ELN activity (2020) The ELN is Colombia’s last-standing Marxist guerrilla group and has been around for more than half a century. It has an estimated 3,000 armed members, mainly in the countryside.

Nov 27, 2024 · Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said his government seeks to ban the recruitment of mercenaries.. Petro said so in response to a report of news website La Silla Vacia on the alleged participation of some 300 Colombian mercenaries in a civil war in Sudan.

Jan 20, 2025 · At least 80 people were killed and another 11,000 fled their homes in northeast Colombia since Friday when guerrilla group ELN embarked on an offensive to retake control over the Catatumbo region.. According to Ombudsman’s Office, among the dead are multiple demobilized former FARC guerrillas and at least one farmers’ representative from Catatumbo.

Sep 25, 2023 · Poverty in Colombia decreased in last year after a major surge caused by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.. Colombia’s poverty rate. Colombia poverty rate dropped slightly in 2022, the statistics agency DANE said in its annual report. According to the DANE, almost 19 million people lived off less than $97,94 (COP396,864) per month last year.

6 days ago · A decision by Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro to broadcast a minister’s council revealed major tensions in his government. Petro decided to make the historically confidential council of ministers meeting public to promote transparency. The transmission triggered lively debates on social media ...