Oscar Mauricio Pachon, a.k.a. “Puntilla,” is allegedly one of Colombia’s leading drug kingpins, the alleged leader of “Los Puntilleros” and the alleged patron of many in government and the military. Puntilla was born…
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Former Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro is one of Colombia’s most prominent leftist politicians, and both feared and loathed by the country’s conservative political forces. Petro’s guerrilla years Tweets by @petrogustavo…
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Tanja Nijmeijer is a Dutch citizen who has been a high-profile member of the guerrilla group FARC since 2002. She was part of FARC’s negotiating team in peace talks with the…
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Rebel group FARC, officially called the Revolutionary Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (FARC-EP), is Colombia’s oldest and by far largest guerrilla organization. FARC was last modified: April 11th, 2017…
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Oscar Ivan Zuluaga is a Colombian politician and businessman, and the director of former President Alvaro Uribe’s Democratic Center party. Tweets by @OIZuluaga Zuluaga was born in 1957 into the family that…
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Known as one of the most charismatic political leaders in Colombia’s history, Jorge Eliecer Gaitan is regarded as one of the country’s defining historical figures, shaping the nation’s course and its socio-political…
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ERPAC was a neo-paramilitary drug trafficking organization primarily active in the eastern plains of Colombia between 2005 and 2011. The group was one of a dozen formed from the demobilized…
The “Bloque Meta” (Meta Bloc) is a narco-paramilitary organization active throughout Colombia’s eastern plains and since 2016 considered part of drug trafficking organization “Los Puntilleros.” Commander Key figures The group…
Senator and former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has been arguably the single most influential and divisive figure in the country’s politics of the century so far. Tweets by AlvaroUribeVel Uribe…
