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José Manuel Sierra Sabogal, alias Zarco Aldinever, second-in-command of ex-FARC group Segunda Marquetalia, was killed in an August ambush.

Authorities link the dissident Second Marquetalia faction of FARC to Uribe’s killing, but no concrete evidence has been presented yet.

tren de Araguá has been establishing itself in Colombia, despite resistance from existing criminal structures.

Guerrilla-paramilitary clashes in Bajo Cauca evolved since the 1990s, with demobilizations fueling new conflicts and criminal rivalries.

Colombia signed the Ottawa Treaty in 1997, but only in 2016 did FARC, its largest guerrilla group, pledge to assist in demining efforts.

Colombia's "Total Peace" plan faces challenges as armed groups fragment over drug and gold profits, hindering President Petro's peace negotiations.

Salvatore Mancuso made claims implicating companies including Chiquita, Ecopetrol, Postobón, Bavaria, and Drummond.

According to an Insight Crime report, continued threats by criminal groups have led park rangers in Colombia’s protected areas of the Amazon rainforest to abandon their posts, leaving these territories to fall under the control of gangs.

"The continuation of fiscal adjustment, as per Colombia's fiscal rule, will be important for sustaining policy credibility," said Fitch Ratings.

Peace negotiations between Colombia’s government and the ELN have reached their most precarious moment since they began last year.