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Appending to my prior post. I ended with a question about the political landscape in Colombia. I noodled around the interwebs and found the article linked below which I think is well written and explains their situation it pretty well.
Bottom line, not good, Colombia is a prickly tangle of perpetuating crime and corruption issues that appear to me anyway will take a substantial and long term outside power to establish order and rebuild a functional government if that is even possible. It certainly won't be us, we learned our lesson in Afghanistan about nation building.
statista.com - Crime and violence in colombiaCrime and violence in Colombia – statistics & factsColombia is one of the most affected countries by criminality and violence in Latin America and the world. The situation continues to expand and so do the responses from the government. In just the last ten years, public expenditure on order and security has increased 140 percent, reaching over 30 billion Colombian pesos. Meanwhile, the cost of violence for the country in 2023 was around 274 billion dollars, almost the double when compared to 2015. Overall, gang activity, illegal drug trafficking, and corruption in the national territory tell a complicated story of violence that continues to torment all Colombian residents, provoking mass migration to other countries and a perpetuating state of insecurity.
... lots more at the link 