Urabeños – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com Wed, 20 Jan 2021 13:50:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://onvenezuela.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-Screen-Shot-2019-12-20-at-12.31.03-PM-1-32x32.png Urabeños – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com 32 32 New Criminal Alliance Fending Off ELN at Colombia-Venezuela Border https://onvenezuela.com/new-criminal-alliance-fending-off-eln-at-colombia-venezuela-border/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-criminal-alliance-fending-off-eln-at-colombia-venezuela-border Wed, 20 Jan 2021 13:50:02 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=7075

The Urabeños are a new player in a protracted two-year fight for the border between the ELN and the Rastrojos. Though the Rastrojos had long controlled drug trafficking, human trafficking and contraband between the two countries, the superior strength of the ELN, as well as backing by the Venezuelan government, put Los Rastrojos on the back foot, with members regularly killed or arrested. By Juan Diego Posada. Full Text -> InSightCrime

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