Is Colombia seeing even more battle than tranquility?– DW– 01/25/2025

What is the present circumstance in Colombia?

Since January 16, The Guerilla Group eln and descendants of the developer militant company farc have combating Each various other in the catatumbo area in the northeast of columbia near the boundary to venezuela. At the very least 80 People have actually passed away up until now in the physical violence.

At CHECKLIST 20 even more individuals have actually eliminated in Clashes in the Amazon area in the South of the Country Betee Rival Splinter Groups of Farc.

According to the Colombian Military, Almost 20,000 People have Fled Their Homes for Safer Areneas Amid The Extreme Violence.

“They have pulled people from their house and cruelly murdered them,” Army Commander General Luis Emilio Cardozo Said on web video clip. “It is our job as the national army to stabilize the region.”

Un Secretary General Antonio Guterres Has Called for an “Immediate Cessation of Act of Violence Against The Civilian Population,” Said andSpokesper Stephane Dujarric “The Secretary General is Deeply Concerned about the Recent Violence in the Catatumbo Region of Colombia,” Dujarric Said.

The Rival Left-Wing Extremist Groups in the Catatumbo Region Are Seeking to Gain Control Over Human Trafficking, The Weapons Trade, Illegal Mining, The Cultivation of Drugs And The Cocaine Trade.

The Region is Seen as Strategicalally Important, as Drugs Can be Transported Out of the Country from there.

Daniel Parra, A Researcher for the Peace and Reconciliation Foundation in Cucuta in the Northeast of Colombia, Says He Cannot Say Precisely What Triggered The Current Clashes Between And The Farc Splinter Groups.

“Some National Media Have Cited Military Intelligence That Everything Happed After The Loss of a Cocaine Delivery and the Murder of An eln Head of Finance,” He Told DW. “But we know nothing for certain about why this Armed Confrontation Broke out.”

Accord to Roberto Garcia Alonso, A Professor for Law and Politics at la Sabana University, The Basic Reason for the Present Violence is Clear: Drugs.

“The Fight for Territorial Control and the Drug Trade, which have always be central elements in this conflict, is putting more and more pressure on this border region, which serves as a corRidor for the drug trade venezuela,” Heer Said

How long have search disputes been taking place?

There have actually been equipped disputes in between Leftist Guerilla Groups, Drug Gangs, Right-Wing Paramilitaries and the Army in Colombia Since the 1960s, Leading to the Deaths of Hundreds of Thousands of People.

Some 7 to 8 million individuals Were Displaced, and some 80,000 Colombians Are Classified as “Missing.”

Who are the stars?

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) Were Previously by Far the Biggest Guerilla Group inColombia In 2016, they Signed a Peace Agreement with the Government of theTime The Farc Disbanded, But Several Splinter Groups Rejected the Peace Deal.

The So-Called National Liberation Army (eln) was started in 1964. It was not associated with the tranquility aggreement and is Seen as the greatest rebel company Still Active in Colombia.

What duty Does President Gustavo Petro Play?

Gustavo Petro Has Been Colombia’s Head of State Since Mid -2022. When he Took Office, He Promised to Take Up Negotiations With All The Country’s Armed Groups with the Objective of Achieving A Broad Peace.

After the acceleration of physical violence in the north of Colombia, Petro Spoke of War Crimes and Stoped the Peace Negotiations with the elenGuerillas Hey enforced a state of Emergency and stated battle on the eln, Writing on X: “The eln Has Chosen the Path of War, and that’s what they will get.”

Petro Himelfa was as soon as the participants of an Armed Group, to Urban Guerilla Organization Called M-19.

What Comes Next?

It Currently Seems Doubtful Whether thePeace Process Can Be Advanced In The Near Future

“It is very difficult, Becaus what is happening here is eating away at president petro’s already low popularity,” Garcia alonsoSaid “What is more, The Policy of a Comprehensive Peace Has not Delivered Any Results.”

For this Reason, He Said, it is not Clear Whether theGovernment Will Continue On That Path The Outbursts of Violence Are So Causing the Population to Lose Much of Its Trust In The Peace Process, According to Garcia Alonso.

So Daniel Parra is cynical. At initially, petro introduced that arrangements with the eln would certainly be put on hold, and currently one saw with wonder that was had bebe stated on the guerrilla team, he stated.

“This Worries Us Greatly Because An Armed Conflict Between Guerilla Fighters and the Police would Just Cause More Victims, More Murders, More Killings. We are Wondering How The Police Will Proceed,” Heer Said

But Parra is not holding hisBreath The eln Has Been Carrying On an Armed Fight for 60 Years, and Colombia’s Government Has Not Suchared in Getting the Better Of The Rebel Organization With Direct Force In All That Time, He Said.

Emilia Rojas Sasse Contribued to this write-up.

The Article was initial in German.