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Criminal groups lure children with promises of weapons and money, taking advantage of their poverty and vulnerability. When that doesn't work, they can resort to force.

Daniel Quintero's ticket got humiliated, the Diaz kidnapping signals rising insecurity, voters dissatisfied with Petro, "Total Peace" not working.

The plan was ambitious from the onset, but talks with the country’s two most important criminal groups, the ELN and the EMC, appear to be unraveling.

Although Colombia’s regional elections were more peaceful than those held four years ago, they showed that organized crime continues to be a severe threat to electoral proceedings.

Peace talks in Cauca hang by a thread after the killing of a Colombian soldier by the ex-FARC mafia.

"We hope that the government complies with the agreement and that this is not like the 12 or 16 past peace processes that have failed in Colombia," said Jerónimo.

The Special Jurisdiction for Peace announced the opening of a judicial process dubbed “Macrocase 11” to further examine sexual and gender-based violence by armed groups.

Pablo Escobar's former hitman, Henry Holguín, explains how he exchanged killing for peacebuilding ahead of Colombia's Total Peace talks.

Negotiations between Colombia and armed groups do not include a ceasefire between feuding criminal factions — and civilians remain caught in the crossfire.

Pearl was the country’s Environment Minister in 2011 where he led plans for the country to adapt to climate change, and was also High Commissioner for Peace, where he negotiated with guerilla groups ELN and FARC.