The US government is “committed” to “dismantle” Colombia’s last-standing guerrilla group ELN, US State Attorney Zachary Terwilliger said Thursday. The representative from the US Eastern District of Virgina’s State Attorney’s…
“Los Puntilleros” is the name given to paramilitary groups “Bloque Meta” and “Libertadores de Vichada,” two rival factions of AUC dissident group ERPAC. The Puntilleros is considered a Class A Organized…
Oscar Mauricio Pachon, a.k.a. “Puntilla,” was allegedly one of Colombia’s most elusive drug kingpins, the alleged leader of “Los Puntilleros” and patron of many politicians and state officials. Puntilla was born in…
Authorities have arrested the leader of the enforcer army of one of Colombia’s most prolific drug lords, local media reported Sunday. Arnulfo Guzman, a.k.a. “El Tigre,” was the supreme commander…
With the demobilization of the FARC underway, Colombia has vowed to combat the guerrillas’ rival paramilitary and crime groups that for decades have influenced society and politics. Amid increasing pressure to comply with commitments made in a…
Colombia’s alleged top drug lord is again a free man after a series of surprise court rulings that allowed “Puntilla” to await pending court proceedings in liberty at home where a…
“Bloque Meta” (Meta Bloc) is a paramilitary group from estern Colombia that is considered part of drug trafficking organization “Los Puntilleros.” The group was formed around the 2011 demobilization of ERPAC,…
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,…
Colombia has a number of powerful drug trafficking organizations, who have tried to take control of drug trafficking previously controlled by the country’s largest guerrilla group in modern history, the…