Colombia, gangs fighting for drug and smuggling routes in La Guajira

La alta Guajira, particularmente los municipios de Uribia y Manaure, es el principal epicentro del movimiento de las bacrim en este departamento. La Guajira, particularly the municipalities of Uribia and Manaure, is the global epicenter of the movement of BACRIM in this department. The authorities recognize that in this region are “franchises” ‘Urabeños’, ‘the Stubble’, ‘the country’ and an AUC stronghold of the missing, which total more than 120 men in arms. Read Article