nowdubnvr6
Bluelighter
While there may be a few in Colombia who are trying to help the country shake off its coke-y reputation, there are still plenty of people who are happy to perpetuate the idea of it as a place where crazy people fight about drugs. Since a period of rural conflict known as La Violencia began in the 1940s, numerous factions from three different sides have fitfully done battle. "Guerillas" are the illegal, armed left-wing groups who fight against the state, while "paramilitaries" are illegal, armed right-wing groups that, while not being quite as ideologically opposed to the government as the guerillas, still aren't all that helpful to them, either. This is because they tend to go around terrifying the unarmed citizenry by fighting the guerillas with hand grenades and guns.
Throw all of these agendas together with a state that fights everyone under the banner of the United States-sponsored War on Drugs, and you have what remains one of the most complicated civil conflicts on the planet
On New Year's Eve, their leader Juan Usuga (AKA 'Giovanni') was slain by anti-narcotics police while partying with friends and family at his ranch. And right after news of his death broke, the Urabenos let it be known that they'd pay $1,000-a-pop for the severed head of any Colombian policeman.
http://www.vice.com/read/1000-dollars-for-the-head-of-any-colombian-policeman1
Figured some people might be interested in this craziness.
