Organized crime in Colombia grew increasingly powerful in the 1970s and 80s with the introduction of massive drug trafficking to the United States from Colombia.

Apr 6, 2024 · In the 1980s and 1990s, Colombia faced a turbulent period marked by escalating violence as various armed groups vied for control. You’ll learn how guerrilla groups like FARC and ELN fought against state forces and paramilitaries, and how peace efforts sporadically emerged to attempt a resolution.

Sep 25, 1989 · As drug trafficking--first marijuana and then cocaine--took hold in the 1970s and early 1980s, the drug bosses began to clash with the guerrillas, who often operated in the same regions. In some...

Jul 21, 2024 · The 1980s: Paramilitary flourishing. Even so, the drug lords created something that was to live on. In 1981, they established the first “modern” paramilitary group, MAS (Muerte a Secuestradores – Death to Kidnappers). The drug cartels used this group not only for protection against the guerilla, but also to chase smallholders from their ...

Whilst paramilitary-type structures were first used by the Conservative Party in the 1950s during La Violencia, the origins of the modern day paramilitaries emerged in the 1980s. These groups saw the coming together of large landholders and business leaders, drug cartels, and the Colombian Army with the objectives of advancing economic ...

Jun 10, 2008 · In the 1980s, the primary U.S. goal was the implementation of an extradition treaty that would allow Colombian drug lords to be tried in America. This provoked waves of assassinations, bombings,...

During 1981 and early 1982 - the first year and a half of Reagan's first term in office - Colombia, under the leadership of Liberal President Julio César Turbay Ayala (1978-82), surfaced as one of the staunchest U.S. allies in the turbulent Caribbean Basin.

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May 19, 2020 · Colombian teenagers were only interested in getting drunk, and occasionally taking a hit or two from a joint as an act of rebellion; it was the Canadian and American kids that were into cocaine. Their dollar-based allowance stretched far when it …

The drug wars in Colombia began years before the cocaine lords launched a crusade against extradition in the mid-1980s. Building upon a long history of military and intelligence cooperation against communism during the Cold War, the US and Colombian governments engaged in a series of diplomatic exchanges during the 1970s to define the best ...