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Revista Científica General José María Córdova
Print version ISSN 1900-6586On-line version ISSN 2500-7645
Abstract
GUERRERO-SIERRA, Hugo Fernando; WILCHES-TINJACA, Jaime Andrés and ATEHORTUA SANTAMARIA, Rodrigo. The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic in drug trafficking and its linked violence in Colombia. Rev. Cient. Gen. José María Córdova [online]. 2024, vol.22, n.46, pp.482-502. Epub June 30, 2024. ISSN 1900-6586. https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1299.
This article analyzes the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on drug trafficking and its capacity to exert violence in the territory. For this purpose, a statistical analysis is made that matches information on coca-leaf production in three coca-growing regions (settlements) and circuits of selective violence (massacres) in said areas during 2017-2019 and 2020. Results evidence that drug trafficking managed to adapt to the pandemic and strengthen its capacity for violence and social control in the three coca-growing regions. This also leads to considering the capacity of criminal organizations to adapt to social, economic, and political emergencies.
Keywords : coca growing regions; COVID-19; drug trafficking; pandemic; violence.