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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.

Illegal mining is by far the most widespread and insidious environmental crime occurring in the Amazon’s tri-border region of Colombia, Brazil, and Peru.

The former AGC leader and drug trafficker could spend the rest of his life in prison in the United States if the sentencing recommendations are following.