Colombia - Security Update

Challenges from large insurgent groups hit the national security image while an urban criminal infrastructure that engages in cell phone theft hits over one million Colombians per year.

Today’s newsletter covers recent trends in Colombia’s security landscape. These include tensions between large criminal organizations as well as shifts in petty crime that indicates a highly organized criminal infrastructure. Both the big picture security issues as well as the daily impacts of crime felt by Colombians contribute to low national and loca…