2023 security report reveals growth of Colombia's four main illegal armed groups: ELN, Clan del Golfo, EMC, and Segunda Marquetalia, financed by drug trafficking and illicit gold extraction.
Secret security report reveals Colombia's four main illegal armed groups - ELN, Clan del Golfo, EMC, and Segunda Marquetalia - grew in 2023, consolidating territorial control financed by drug trafficking and illicit gold extraction. The ELN increased by 307 members, and Clan del Golfo expanded by 23%. Despite the expansion, the groups lost a combined 3,000 members last year due to deaths, captures, or surrenders.
May 07, 2024
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