Profiles

EPL / ‘Los Pelusos’

The EPL, a.k.a. “Los Pelusos,” is a drug trafficking guerrilla group that controls a part of northeast Colombia. The group is considered a Class A Organized Armed Group by the authorities. The group…

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Rafael Pardo

Rafael Pardo is a veteran Liberal Party politician, journalist and economist from Colombia who has spent more than 20 years in the public eye. Tweets by RafaelPardo While Pardo’s academic…

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Enrique Peñalosa

Bogota Mayor Enrique Peñalosa is a Colombian dynasty politician whose twin concerns of urban planning and security have left him with friends and enemies on both sides of the political divide.…

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Libertadores de Vichada

The “Libertadores de Vichada” (Liberators of Vichada) is a narco-paramilitary organization from eastern Colombia and an alleged member of drug trafficking group “Los Puntilleros.” The Libertadores did not exist until 2011,…

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AUC

The AUC, or officially the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia, was a paramilitary organization that operated from 1997 to 2006. The organization was formed by vigilante anti-guerrilla groups and…

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Juan Camilo Restrepo

Juan Camilo Restrepo is a Colombian politician and the government’s chief negotiator in peace talk with the ELN, the country’s oldest active rebel group. The Medellin-born Restrepo has been involved in national…

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FIAC

The Fuerzas Irregulares Armadas de Colombia (FIAC) are a guerrilla organization from central Colombia. After the demobilization of the Colombia’s largest guerrilla group the FARC it is possible that individual…

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‘Megateo’

“Megateo” is the late dissident leader of the EPL, the group that formally demobilized in 1991. The dissident faction he founded is called “Los Pelusos” by the authorities. Megateo’s faction,…

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Citizens’ Option

Citizens’ Option (OC) is a Colombian political party founded by an imprisoned politician and arguably the most disreputable member of President Ivan Duque’s coalition. The OC is latest iteration of the now-defunct…

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