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Since the drug traffickers vanished, Carlos can't find anyone to buy the lumps of coca paste that pile up in his house at a good price. In the past, he would have received a lot of money for them, but an unsuspected downturn in the drug economy has these farmers in Colombia in crisis.
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Gasoline is one of the main ingredients for processing cocaine in Colombia. But as fuel prices increase, some locals are stealing crude oil to make bootleg gasoline known as pategrillo. Now, police are trying to find and destroy the illegal labs in an effort to curb the country's decades-long cocaine problem.
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De las 46 muertes verificadas por la ONU durante el estallido social de 2021, en al menos 28 los responsables serían agentes de la Policía. Las familias de las víctimas lamentan que no hay avances en las investigaciones sobre los abusos de la policía.
Anger over a controversial tax increase sparked a protest movement against police violence in Colombia. Weeks of demonstrations and clashes with police have left more than 42 dead and some police stations vandalized. For an activist, it is about defending the right to protest, while for a police officer it is about finding a solution. Stefano Pozzebon reports from Bogotá.
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Colombia es el país del mundo donde más líderes sociales han sido asesinados en los últimos años. Desde octubre de 2016, cuando la guerrilla de las Farc se desmovilizó, hasta hoy, los grupos armados han matado a 1287 líderes sociales, más de uno cada dos días, según las bases de datos de la ONG Indepaz.
Known for its decades-long fight against drug trafficking, Colombia is beginning to turn a corner by turning its attention to marijuana for medical purposes.
Luis Díaz's father showed CNN the place where his son learned to play soccer in his hometown of Barrancas.
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After notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar died in 1993, his zoo's hippos were left unattended and began reproducing around the Magdalena River in Colombia.