New Criminal Alliance Fending Off ELN at Colombia-Venezuela Border
Date of Publication
2021 12:00 AM
Security Theme
Transnational Organized Crime
Keywords
Transnational Organized Crime, Orgnized Crime, violence Colombia, Venezuela, Gulf Clan, Rastrojos, border disputes
Description
A new alliance between two of Colombia's main criminal groups is seeking to contest ELN control of lucrative criminal economies along the border with Venezuela.In mid-January, gun battles forced a dozen families to flee from the rural area of Tibú, a municipality in the northeastern department of Norte de Santander on the Colombia-Venezuela border, according to Caracol Radio. The war was between the National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional - ELN) and two irregular armed groups, the Rastrojos and the Urabeños. Human rights organization Fundación Progresar reported in December that an incursion by the Urabeños, also known as Clan del Golfo (Gulf Clan), into the region had forced more than 80 families to flee.
New Criminal Alliance Fending Off ELN at Colombia-Venezuela Border
A new alliance between two of Colombia's main criminal groups is seeking to contest ELN control of lucrative criminal economies along the border with Venezuela.In mid-January, gun battles forced a dozen families to flee from the rural area of Tibú, a municipality in the northeastern department of Norte de Santander on the Colombia-Venezuela border, according to Caracol Radio. The war was between the National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional - ELN) and two irregular armed groups, the Rastrojos and the Urabeños. Human rights organization Fundación Progresar reported in December that an incursion by the Urabeños, also known as Clan del Golfo (Gulf Clan), into the region had forced more than 80 families to flee.
