Columbian civil war among the drug cartels, but does anyone care?

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Colombian guerrillas warn of 'total war' as peace plan falters

Commanders from Colombia's National Liberation Army guerrilla group have vowed to repel a government counteroffensive in the country's northeast, warning that years of "total peace" risk turning into "total war." "This total peace that Petro has been talking about, in the end, it is becoming...

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Commanders from Colombia's National Liberation Army guerrilla group have vowed to repel a government counteroffensive in the country's northeast, warning that years of "total peace" risk turning into "total war."

In a rare interview, carried out at a secret mountain location near the Venezuelan border, two senior guerrilla commanders told AFP that they would not hesitate to fight 10,000 government troops amassed nearby.

The thousands-strong guerrilla group, better known by its Spanish initials ELN, has waged a 60-year leftwing insurgency against the Colombian state, seizing swathes of territory and becoming a major player in the global cocaine trade.




Since January, ELN clashes with a rival guerrilla group in the Catatumbo border region have displaced almost 56,000 people and left at least 76 dead, according to government estimates.

It is some of the worst violence Colombia has seen since peace accords were agreed in 2016.

The government has responded by declaring a state of emergency and deploying thousands of troops to the region.

Make no mistake, the government is profiting from the drug trade as well, along with taxation on the drugs shipped abroad to the rest of the world.

So, when does a government cease to be legitimate? I would think when they are run by the drug cartels.

 

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Are people Ok with a government acting like a drug cartel so long as they keep basic services for the populace?

 

[Natural Citizen]

Just go kill them all. Or whoever is left after they have their little pow wow among themselves.

 

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Just go kill them all. Or whoever is left after they have their little pow wow among themselves.

But what money is there to be made for doing that?

And if there is no money to be made, why would government officials want to do anything about it?

If anything, they are already probably getting money from them to turn and look the other way as they continue to supply drugs to the US.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

The cartels know that all they have to do is hang on and hope that democrats win another election. Then it's cartell business as ususal.