Peace Negotiations with Organized Crime: the Case of Medellín, Colombia
A Talk by Felipe Botero , Gina Cabarcas Maciá , Juanita Durán and Andrés Preciado
This panel will discuss the results of a research lead by Fundación Ideas para la Paz that highlights several challenges in the so called “Urban Peace Negotiations” with organized crime in Medellín, the second largest and prosperous city in Colombia.
Colombia’s National Government is trying to implement a negotiation policy with different kind of actors, including conventional actors of armed conflicts as well as organized crime in three cities. We will talk about evolution of lethal violence in Medellín (since Pablo Escobar), how it shaped problematic issues regarding criminal governance nowadays and necessary legal and constitutional framework to move forward in the “Urban Peace Negotiations” mentioned.