Several times growing up, I would be asked where I was from. When I would answer I was part Colombian I would get slick comments or gestures insinuating that I was into drugs or my family were drug dealers. This was due to Pablo Escobar and all the drug cartels importing cocaine and marijuana since the 1970’s. Colombia is only associated with drug and crime.
Colombia is the connection between Central America and South America. Colombia has access to four businesses routes the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Central America and South America. Due to being the center of all these countries and having different possible routes encouraged the involvement of Colombia Organized Crime. The Colombian Organized groups began buying high grade coca paste …show more content…
Most of these guerrilla groups formed because they wanted to help the poor and had conflict with the government’s way of addressing their issues. I will address the history of Colombian Organized Crime and how some of these groups were formed. The main three that I will focus mostly on are FARC, ELN, and AUC. Some of these groups demobilized and became subgroups or other groups. Groups like the Urabenos, the Rastrojos, the Paisas, the Oficina de Envigado and ERPAC gained most of their members by the demobilization of other groups. All these groups have their own beliefs, political views and battle each other for territories to gain profit.
Colombia became the center for trafficking since the 1940’s. Through Colombia they smuggle drugs, liquor, arms, cigarettes and humans. Colombian organized crime got started from the 1948 death of Jorge Eliecer Gaitan Liberal Party Leader by guerrilla group called La Violencia. This started a battle between Conservative and Liberal parties that resulted in over 200,000 people deaths. For a span of 10 years there were an increasing amount of violence and self-defense militias and bandit groups formed. These group formed for local disagreements, control over land, control over coffee crops, and family …show more content…
In my research, “Pablo Escobar decided to collaborate with other criminal groups in the area and together they formed the Medellin Cartel.” (Crime and investigation) In the mid 1970’s Pablo Escobar became the leader of the Medellin Cartel. Pablo Escobar controlled over eighty percent of cocaine being shipped to the United States. Pablo Escobar was the modern day robin hood for the locals of his city. Pablo Escobar was also a ruthless person when it came to getting what he wanted.
The EPL is an acronym for Popular Liberation Army. In Spanish it stands for Ejercito Popular de Liberacion. The EPL was founded in 1967. The EPL used to be main group but in the 1991 they negotiated peace and mainly demobilized. Demobilized meaning they gave up most of their weapons. The EPL is still involved in the drug trafficking organization but do not seem to pose a security
Colombia is the connection between Central America and South America. Colombia has access to four businesses routes the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Central America and South America. Due to being the center of all these countries and having different possible routes encouraged the involvement of Colombia Organized Crime. The Colombian Organized groups began buying high grade coca paste …show more content…
Most of these guerrilla groups formed because they wanted to help the poor and had conflict with the government’s way of addressing their issues. I will address the history of Colombian Organized Crime and how some of these groups were formed. The main three that I will focus mostly on are FARC, ELN, and AUC. Some of these groups demobilized and became subgroups or other groups. Groups like the Urabenos, the Rastrojos, the Paisas, the Oficina de Envigado and ERPAC gained most of their members by the demobilization of other groups. All these groups have their own beliefs, political views and battle each other for territories to gain profit.
Colombia became the center for trafficking since the 1940’s. Through Colombia they smuggle drugs, liquor, arms, cigarettes and humans. Colombian organized crime got started from the 1948 death of Jorge Eliecer Gaitan Liberal Party Leader by guerrilla group called La Violencia. This started a battle between Conservative and Liberal parties that resulted in over 200,000 people deaths. For a span of 10 years there were an increasing amount of violence and self-defense militias and bandit groups formed. These group formed for local disagreements, control over land, control over coffee crops, and family …show more content…
In my research, “Pablo Escobar decided to collaborate with other criminal groups in the area and together they formed the Medellin Cartel.” (Crime and investigation) In the mid 1970’s Pablo Escobar became the leader of the Medellin Cartel. Pablo Escobar controlled over eighty percent of cocaine being shipped to the United States. Pablo Escobar was the modern day robin hood for the locals of his city. Pablo Escobar was also a ruthless person when it came to getting what he wanted.
The EPL is an acronym for Popular Liberation Army. In Spanish it stands for Ejercito Popular de Liberacion. The EPL was founded in 1967. The EPL used to be main group but in the 1991 they negotiated peace and mainly demobilized. Demobilized meaning they gave up most of their weapons. The EPL is still involved in the drug trafficking organization but do not seem to pose a security