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"The force will pursue members of the ELN -- the last active guerrilla group in Colombia, as well as drug gangs and ex-FARC rebels who have abandoned the terms of a 2016 peace deal."
Colombia launches 'elite force' to hunt rebels, drug gangs f24.my/7Pgw.T
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Duque did not refer to Venezuela. When he first announced the creation of the elite force earlier this month, he said many of its targets "are protected in Venezuela" though he did not mention direct military action in the neighboring country.
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"Colombia is considering centralizing the purchase of gold to combat illegal mining, violence, and environmental damage and prevent the mineral from entering the black market."
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"Colombia’s government is being controlled by a mafia that’s been engaged in organized crime & terrorism since their senior members were with the Medellin Cartel."
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"Colombia’s most powerful bankers have converted some of the country’s leading news media in platforms that defend the interests of suspected mafia figures."
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One of the bankers is Luis Carlos Sarmiento. His company, Grupo Aval, is engaged in a variety of financial activities, including banking, telecommunications & real estate. It is also under investigation in relation to the Odebrecht bribery scandal.
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"Gilinski learned to lay low the hard way after the main office of his first bank, the Banco Andino, was reportedly caught moving money to corrupt politicians for the Cali Cartel in 1994."
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"Colombia’s second richest man, Jaime Gilinski, likes to avoid attention. The banking mogul and his family over the past decades constructed an intricate network of more than 100 banks and trust funds, many of which were carefully hidden from tax authorities..."
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"In fact, the study found that among far-right sources, those known for spreading misinformation significantly outperformed non-misinformation sources."🤔
Far-Right Misinformation Is Thriving On Facebook. A New Study Shows Just How Much npr.org/2021/03/06/974…
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"It's almost twice as much engagement per follower among the [far-right] sources that have a reputation for spreading misinformation," Edelson said.
"So, clearly, that [far-right] portion of the news ecosystem is behaving very differently."🤔
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Here is the study page by Cybersecurity for Democracy.
"Center and left partisan categories incur a 'misinformation penalty', while right-leaning sources do not."🤔
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"The US is offering $5 million for info that could help disrupt the criminal org of Kyrgyzstan’s most powerful gangster, Kamchibek Kolbayev, who was suddenly released from pre-trial detention this week."
"The US Embassy in Bishkek described Kolbaev as a “transnational organized-crime boss whose network engages in drug trafficking, human trafficking, arms trafficking..."
"Operating on a global scale in dozens of countries, this criminal organization has been identified as one of the biggest drug traffickers in Europe..."
"Unlike the cartels that control the cocaine supply chain all the way from coca fields to the street, Group America specializes in being the middleman."
News Corp. CEO Robert Thomson Says ‘The Fourth Estate Is About To Get A Second Wind’ From Digital Deals; Still ‘Haggling With Facebook’ deadline.com/2021/03/news-c…
"The billionaire accused of running the biggest tax fraud scheme in U.S. history was a prolific donor to Republican groups and causes."
GOP groups quiet as billionaire donor stands accused of running biggest tax fraud scheme ever cnb.cx/2OoHYub
"Federal prosecutors in October charged Mr. Brockman with using a web of offshore entities to conceal about $2 billion in income from the Internal Revenue Service."