Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaExtortion and coercion in Medellín, Colombia
Despite the drastic reduction in the number of homicides in Medellin (from 6500 in 1991 to 591 in 2019) which has been categorized as social urbanism and internationally highlighted as a model, the other forms of crime do not relent. Violence intended for extortion is one of the most significant cha...
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2021
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| author | Bedoya, Jairo Ríos, Juan-Esteban Arredondo, Andrés |
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| description | Despite the drastic reduction in the number of homicides in Medellin (from 6500 in 1991 to 591 in 2019) which has been categorized as social urbanism and internationally highlighted as a model, the other forms of crime do not relent. Violence intended for extortion is one of the most significant challenges to the development of cities besieged by mafias, such as Medellin. Relying on the empirical findings and intermediate analytical categories of three recent field investigations on urban extortion, this article introduces a conceptual perspective to identify how illicit and legal activities are amalgamated with each other, and with local dynamics. Violent protection, inherited from the confrontation of the Medellin drug cartel with the Colombian State, is strengthened by coercion intended for extortion. This systematic and widespread form of violence has allowed the amalgamation of the legal with the illegal in a growing number of social dimensions. |
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| spelling | urvio-article-44132021-07-13T03:38:25Z Extortion and coercion in Medellín, Colombia La coerción extorsiva en Medellín, Colombia Bedoya, Jairo Ríos, Juan-Esteban Arredondo, Andrés Amálgama; coerção por extorsão; ambientes cativos; Medellin; proteção violenta; violência da máfia. Amalgamamiento; coerción extorsiva; entornos cautivos; Medellín; protección violenta; violencia mafiosa. Amalgamation; extortionary coerción; captive environments; Medellín; violent protection; mafiosi violence Despite the drastic reduction in the number of homicides in Medellin (from 6500 in 1991 to 591 in 2019) which has been categorized as social urbanism and internationally highlighted as a model, the other forms of crime do not relent. Violence intended for extortion is one of the most significant challenges to the development of cities besieged by mafias, such as Medellin. Relying on the empirical findings and intermediate analytical categories of three recent field investigations on urban extortion, this article introduces a conceptual perspective to identify how illicit and legal activities are amalgamated with each other, and with local dynamics. Violent protection, inherited from the confrontation of the Medellin drug cartel with the Colombian State, is strengthened by coercion intended for extortion. This systematic and widespread form of violence has allowed the amalgamation of the legal with the illegal in a growing number of social dimensions. Pese a la reducción drástica en el número de homicidios en Medellín, de 6500 en 1991 a 526 en 2019, atribuida al urbanismo social y destacada internacionalmente como “modelo Medellín”, las otras formas de criminalidad no ceden. La violencia extorsiva representa uno de los más significativos retos al desarrollo de ciudades asediadas por mafias, como Medellín. Este artículo introduce una nueva perspectiva conceptual para analizar el impacto de las prácticas extorsivas en el orden social y económico. Se fundamenta en los hallazgos empíricos y en las categorías analíticas intermedias de tres investigaciones recientes sobre extorsión urbana, para identificar cómo las actividades ilícitas y lícitas se amalgaman entre sí, y con la dinámica local. La protección violenta, herencia mafiosa de la confrontación del cartel de Medellín con el Estado colombiano, se fortalece con la coerción extorsiva. Al tornarse cada vez menos cruento, sistemático y generalizado, el chantaje coercitivo ha producido en la ciudad el amalgamamiento de lo legal-ilegal, en un creciente número de dimensiones sociales. FLACSO - Sede Ecuador 2021-01-09 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/4413 10.17141/urvio.29.2021.4413 URVIO. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad; No. 29 (2021): Urvio. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad (enero-abril); 96-107 URVIO. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad; Núm. 29 (2021): Urvio. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad (enero-abril); 96-107 1390-4299 1390-3691 10.17141/urvio.29.2021 spa https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/4413/3597 https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/4413/3598 Derechos de autor 2021 URVIO. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad |
| spellingShingle | Bedoya, Jairo Ríos, Juan-Esteban Arredondo, Andrés Extortion and coercion in Medellín, Colombia |
| title | Extortion and coercion in Medellín, Colombia |
| title_full | Extortion and coercion in Medellín, Colombia |
| title_fullStr | Extortion and coercion in Medellín, Colombia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Extortion and coercion in Medellín, Colombia |
| title_short | Extortion and coercion in Medellín, Colombia |
| title_sort | extortion and coercion in medellín, colombia |
| url | https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/4413 |