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Colombian President Gustavo Petro has repeatedly claimed Mexican cartels are behind violence in the country's conflict zone, but that's not accurate, experts say

Dozens of helicopters have already been grounded as a result of the order

The country's efforts to become a leader in the area are being undermined by armed groups operating in the country

A veneer of calm has settled over Narino, one of the most violent regions of Colombia, where armed groups until recently waged bloody battles for control of vast coca fields.

Violence has intensified in southwestern Colombia with a bomb blast injuring six people in the city of Jamundi and an attack by insurgents on a police station in the rural town of Morales leaving at least two officers dead

Elizabeth Dickinson, a Colombia analyst at the International Crisis Group, appreciated the ceasefire extension, noting that it has so far limited the clashes between the government and the rebel groups.

The global cocaine market is changing. "The market is changing," Nathan Jaccard, Latin America editor for the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), a consortium of investigative journalists which accessed the files, told AFP. Colombia cultivated a record 230,000 hectares of coca leaf in 2022, and produced 1,738 tonnes…

Colombia’s government has issued a long awaited public apology for the extrajudicial killings of 19 civilians who were slain by the military and registered as rebel fighters during one of the most violent periods of the nation’s civil war

In Cauca province, where hundreds of environmental defenders have been killed since 2016, children aged five to 15 are taught non-violent ways to avoid recruitment into militias and protect their land

Otoniel’s Gulf Clan militiamen shut down northern regions, blocking roads and holding residents hostage in their houses