Buenaventura

A soldier on patrol in a neighborhood with a boat on the street.

‘The way they silence us is by killing us’: Armed conflict returns to Colombia’s port city of Buenaventura 

Violence

In the last four months, a wave of violence has taken over much of the city, as two criminal groups, Los Chotas and Los Espartanos, vie for control.

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