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Colombian President Gustavo Petro promised "Total Peace" but criminal groups are using his friendly approach to expand and strengthen.

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.

In the Amazon’s tri-border area, illegal logging is expanding due to the low cost of land and few controls on deforestation.

There have been 173 cases recorded this year, compared to the 80 carried out during the same period in 2022 — and the real number may be even higher.

Attacks on Colombia’s largest private gold mine by the Gaitanistas have demonstrated the group’s increasing boldness in targeting big business interests.

Reports have surged this year, with humanitarian aid being disrupted for an estimated 13,168 people from January to April.

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

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

While Castillo has had no connections to the Odebrecht scandal, he appears to have run very similar schemes within government to those which his predecessors were brought down for.

Fedenaga estimates around 700,000 cattle a year are smuggled, either live or as meat, into Colombia.