New Armed Drug-Trafficking Groups Menace Colombia -- BBC
Armed groups of drug-traffickers have overtaken left-wing rebels as Colombia's main source of violence, local think tank Indepaz says.
The groups have emerged since the demobilisation of the illegal United Self Defence Forces of Colombia (AUC) paramilitaries.
The think tank says they are present in 29 of Colombia's 32 provinces.
It based its findings on its own field work as well as data from government agencies and the media.
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