Los Urabeños’ Number Two Killed in Colombia

April 26, 2013

The military leader of the criminal gang Los Urabeños, also known as ‘El Negro Sarley’, to whom massacres and the shipment of enormous amounts of cocaine to Mexican cartels are attributed, was killed by the Colombian Police on April 24 in northwest Colombia, an official source reported.

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For decades, Ecuador was perceived as an exception in a region plagued by drug trafficking, armed violence, and criminal capture of the state. While neighboring countries faced open wars between cartels and state forces, Ecuador seemed to remain on the sidelines of these dynamics. That image began to slowly crack and finally collapsed in January […]

Los Urabeños’ Number Two Killed in Colombia

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