"The leftist ELN became Colombia’s largest guerrilla group after the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, disbanded following a peace agreement with the government in September 2016. As I write in my new book on the counter-insurgency efforts leading up to the peace deal, there were already clear signs that neutralizing the FARC would not end Colombia’s 52-year armed conflict."
El Centro
SWJ El Centro, or "downtown" in Spanish, is our town square for analysis and discussion of Latin America's guerilla wars and criminal insurgencies. More about El Centro here.
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by The Council on Foreign Relations | Thu, 01/31/2019 - 2:13pm | 0 comments
"Violence continues to rage in Mexico more than a decade after former President Felipe Calderon launched a crackdown on drug cartels."
by John P. Sullivan, by Robert Bunker, by José de Arimatéia da Cruz | Thu, 01/17/2019 - 1:04am | 0 comments
by The Daily Beast | Wed, 12/26/2018 - 8:49pm | 0 comments
On the 25th anniversary of the cartel chief’s death, his right-hand man reveals the Coke King’s secrets in an exclusive new series for The Daily Beast.
| Sun, 11/11/2018 - 5:16pm | 0 comments
by The Wall Street Journal | Fri, 11/02/2018 - 3:38pm | 0 comments
“Gangs such as MS-13 and Barrio 18 prey on their own neighborhoods in a violent, chaotic model spreading through the region.”
Battle of the Brotherhood: The War Between the Caballeros Templarios and the Freemasons of Michoacán
by Tony M. Kail | Tue, 10/23/2018 - 5:37am | 0 commentsEl Centro Field Note No. 1: Ciudad Juárez Prison Interview - Sicario Human Sacrifice to Santa Muerte
by Teun Voeten, by Maaike Engels | Sat, 10/20/2018 - 6:30am | 0 comments