Lukas Jaramillo-Escobar

Lukas Jaramillo-Escobar is director of the Casa de Estrategias Foundation, and former director of the Information System for Security and Coexistence in Medellinâ€™s municipal government. He is the au

Killing time in Medellin

After a few years of relative peace under the rule of a mafia boss, the Colombian city of Medellín, birthplace of the first great narco-trafficking cartel, has seen violent crime soar once again. The culprits are from a new generation of urban youth specializing in protection rackets, drug sales a

By Lukas Jaramillo-Escobar and Francisco E. Thoumi

/ 10 Oct 2011