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[Link] ‘It’s total terror’: Colombian cartel retaliates over kingpin’s arrest

Read: 9/5/2022 www.theguardian.com

Jorge, a community activist from Colombia’s conflict-ridden Chocó province, was already traveling to the city of Medellín when he heard news that made him turn back towards home.

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[Link] Warring Gangs Beheaded at Least 6 People in Ecuador's Bloodiest Prison Riot Ever

Read: 1/10/2021 www.vice.com

The latest conflict began with explosions and gunshots at the Litoral prison in the coastal city of Guayaquil on Tuesday.

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[Link] The Coltan in Your Smartphone is Financing Colombian Guerrilla Armies

Read: 26/8/2021 www.vice.com

MEDELLIN, Colombia–Authorities in southern Colombia pulled over a cargo truck looking for drugs in early August. But instead of finding a pile of cocaine bricks, the truck was loaded with a sandy, blue-ish black rock called coltan.

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