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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.

Moreno Ricardo's daughter says her father was wrongfully arrested, and that he is really a cattle rancher from Acandí.

Duque has insisted that Otoniel's capture marks "the end of the Gulf Clan." This is false. The group still has about 1,700 active members, according to Colombian police.

Yesterday, Colombia’s attorney general and national police have announced that it is formally seeking Marquez, whose birth name is Ivan Luciano Marquez Marin Arango, on charges of aggravated homicide, forced disappearance, illegal recruitment of people, and homicide of protected...

The amount of powdered cocaine extracted from a single hectare of coca increased by more than one kilogram in just a year. Potential cocaine output jumped from 6.7 kilograms per hectare in 2019 to 7.9 kilograms in 2020, according to the UNODC report. Three factors are possibly...

Colombian President Ivan Duque's withdrawal of his controversial tax hikes were not enough to stop nationwide protests in Colombia. The reason the protests continue vary, with much legitimate discontent and dissatisfaction, but provocateurs and common criminality must also be...

The massacres in Southeast Antioquia appear related to a confrontation between gangs associated with the Urabeños, which is also known as the Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia (AGC), and the Medellin-based Oficina de Envigado. Both are looking to control local drug markets.

While the homicide rate in Colombia fell again in 2020, the nation struggled to confront a number of other security threats. The 12,018 homicides recorded across the country last year marked a murder rate of 24.3 per 100,000 people, down just over six percent from the total...

The report’s co-author Cameron Wilson took time to speak with Finance Colombia executive editor Loren Moss about the many points covered by the report, including what to expect in the second half of Colombian President Ivan Duque’s term.

Colombia's Vice President Marta Lucia Ramirez filed criminal charges against investigative journalist & British citizen Jeremy McDermott after he reported on a business deal between the Vice President's husband and alleged narcotrafficker and paramilitary leader Guillermo León...