Elites and criminality in Colombia: analysis from the Truth Commission’s report
Abstract
The article analyzes how elites and criminality influenced violence during the armed conflict in Colombia. Using the categories of constellations, crimilegal order, and secrecy, it explains how interactions between politicians, entrepreneurs, and criminals shaped illegal social orders. The qualitative comparative methodology included process tracing in Volume 2 of the Final Report of the Commission for the Clarification of Truth. Six mechanisms associated with criminal governance were identified: elite alliances, drug trafficking, political power, land control, politics and crime, and paramilitarism, concluding that the relationship with criminality contributes to explaining the violence among the country.
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