Complex violence in a drug trafficking network and politicians

In order to show a complex violence process, we use the case of the murder of Elisabeth Montoya, known as the Monita Retrechera, accused of being the link between Ernesto Samper (president of Colombia 1994-1998) and the Cali and Norte del Valle drug cartels. The size of the violence triggered by her...

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Autores principales: Vanegas, Gildardo, Salazar-Trujillo, Boris, Castillo-Valencia, María
Formato: Revistas
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: FLACSO - Sede Ecuador 2020
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/4405
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author Vanegas, Gildardo
Salazar-Trujillo, Boris
Castillo-Valencia, María
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Salazar-Trujillo, Boris
Castillo-Valencia, María
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description In order to show a complex violence process, we use the case of the murder of Elisabeth Montoya, known as the Monita Retrechera, accused of being the link between Ernesto Samper (president of Colombia 1994-1998) and the Cali and Norte del Valle drug cartels. The size of the violence triggered by her murder was proportional not only to the number of agents and links involved but to the magnitude of the coalitions activated and the number of  offenders reachable through the paths that bound them in the networks to which they belonged. We found that a crucial feature of the process was the use of information by all agents involved. The activation of existing links in response to the triggering event enabled agents in the offended coalition to extract information regarding who their enemies were, where they were located, and what they were capable of, in order to deliver violent revenge.
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spelling urvio-article-44052021-07-13T03:38:33Z Complex violence in a drug trafficking network and politicians Violencia compleja en una red de narcotraficantes y políticos Violência complexa em uma rede de traficantes de drogas e politicos Vanegas, Gildardo Salazar-Trujillo, Boris Castillo-Valencia, María assassinatos; política; redes; tráfico de drogas; violência asesinatos; narcotráfico; violencia; política; redes drug trafficking; murders; networks; politics; violence In order to show a complex violence process, we use the case of the murder of Elisabeth Montoya, known as the Monita Retrechera, accused of being the link between Ernesto Samper (president of Colombia 1994-1998) and the Cali and Norte del Valle drug cartels. The size of the violence triggered by her murder was proportional not only to the number of agents and links involved but to the magnitude of the coalitions activated and the number of  offenders reachable through the paths that bound them in the networks to which they belonged. We found that a crucial feature of the process was the use of information by all agents involved. The activation of existing links in response to the triggering event enabled agents in the offended coalition to extract information regarding who their enemies were, where they were located, and what they were capable of, in order to deliver violent revenge. Este artículo revela el proceso de violencia compleja subyacente al asesinato de Elisabeth Montoya, la Monita Retrechera, acusada de ser el nexo entre Ernesto Samper (presidente de Colombia entre 1994 y 1998) y los carteles de Cali y del Norte del Valle. El tamaño de la violencia desencadenada por su asesinato fue proporcional al número de agentes y de vínculos asociados a la Monita, a las coaliciones activadas y al número de ofensores alcanzables a través de las trayectorias que los unían en las redes que compartían. El uso de la información por parte de todos los agentes involucrados tuvo un papel decisivo en el desencadenamiento de la violencia. Después del asesinato, la activación de las trayectorias existentes permitió a los agentes de la coalición vengadora extraer información con respecto a dónde estaban, qué fuerza tenían y quiénes eran los culpables de la ofensa cometida, y actuar en consecuencia. FLACSO - Sede Ecuador 2020-09-04 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html application/zip https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/4405 10.17141/urvio.28.2020.4405 URVIO. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad; No. 28 (2020): Urvio. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad (septiembre-diciembre); 47-61 URVIO. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad; Núm. 28 (2020): Urvio. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad (septiembre-diciembre); 47-61 1390-4299 1390-3691 10.17141/urvio.28.2020 spa https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/4405/3477 https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/4405/3470 https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/4405/3508 Derechos de autor 2020 URVIO. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad
spellingShingle Vanegas, Gildardo
Salazar-Trujillo, Boris
Castillo-Valencia, María
Complex violence in a drug trafficking network and politicians
title Complex violence in a drug trafficking network and politicians
title_full Complex violence in a drug trafficking network and politicians
title_fullStr Complex violence in a drug trafficking network and politicians
title_full_unstemmed Complex violence in a drug trafficking network and politicians
title_short Complex violence in a drug trafficking network and politicians
title_sort complex violence in a drug trafficking network and politicians
url https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/4405