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Illegal drug trade in Colombia
Colombian sale and distribution of illegal narcotics / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The illegal drug trade in Colombia has, since the 1970s, centered successively on four major drug trafficking cartels: Medellín, Cali, Norte del Valle, and North Coast, as well as several bandas criminales, or BACRIMs.[1] The trade eventually created a new social class and influenced several aspects of Colombian culture, economics, and politics.
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The Colombian government efforts to reduce the influence of drug-related criminal organizations is one of the origins of the Colombian conflict, an ongoing low-intensity war among rival narcoparamilitary groups, guerrillas and drug cartels fighting each other to increase their influence and against the Colombian government that struggles to stop them.