The Victory of the Urabeños - The New Face of Colombian Organized Crime

Author Information

InSight Crime

Date of Publication

2014 12:00 AM

Security Theme

Transnational Organized Crime

Keywords

Transnational Organized Crime, Organized Crime, Columbia, criminal activities, AGC, coca production, geopolitics, localized control

Description

The mad scramble for criminal power in the aftermath of the demobilization of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) is over. The Urabeños, or as they prefer to call themselves, the Gaitanistas, have come out on top.

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The Victory of the Urabeños - The New Face of Colombian Organized Crime

The mad scramble for criminal power in the aftermath of the demobilization of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) is over. The Urabeños, or as they prefer to call themselves, the Gaitanistas, have come out on top.