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199 social leaders had been killed so far this year from January to early December.

Petro's initiative depends on cooperation and good faith from myriad criminal groups

Prosecutors have fought illegal deforestation in the Colombian departments of Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caquetá, Cundinamarca, Chocó, Córdoba, Meta, Santander, Norte de Santander, Valle del Cauca & Sucre.

Gustavo Petro, a former guerrilla fighter, has pledged a clean break with what he sees as the confrontational, violent policies of his predecessor.

Things can get worse, much worse. But as Duque’s four year term comes towards a close, there is a practical consensus in Colombia that things could have been much better.

The first alert indicates that in 100 municipalities of Colombia the authority of the state is collapsing in a dangerous way.

The new generation of Colombian drug lords, dubbed "The Invisibles," realize that their best protection is not a private army — but anonymity.

The U.S. DEA reportedly has wiretap evidence implicating José Leonidas Bustos, Francisco Javier Ricaurte, and Camilo Tarquino in a bribery scandal.