Colombia seizes first unmanned narco-submarine with Starlink antenna

Re:Colombia seizes first unmanned narco-submarine with Starl... by mdhb on Sunday July 06, 2025 @04:54AM (#44478990)

I just came across this podcast in the last week after wondering what ever happened to the FARC and AUC (right wing death squads) after the peace deal. How did things end up playing out relative compared to what was expected and feared at the time.

It’s a pretty batshit story that focuses on what became of the right wing death squads (they run the start of the cocaine supply chain it turns out among many other things) that’s extremely well researched and has amazing access. A strong recommendation from me https://insightcrime.org/audio-from-the-ground-up/the-shadow...

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Re:Colombia seizes first unmanned narco-submarine with Starl... by philipallstar on Sunday July 06, 2025 @12:31PM (#44482084)

FARC was left-wing death squads; AUC far right counter-death squads.

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Re:Colombia seizes first unmanned narco-submarine with Starl... by jrflowers on Sunday July 06, 2025 @05:50PM (#44484403)

What is a counter-death squad? A ragtag band of obstetricians?

Unless there’s a type of killing that doesn’t involve death, looks like the AUC was a far right wing death squad.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapirip%C3%A1n_massacre

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Re:Colombia seizes first unmanned narco-submarine with Starl... by philipallstar on Monday July 07, 2025 @10:25AM (#44490711)

A death squad to attack the other death squads.

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Re:Colombia seizes first unmanned narco-submarine with Starl... by jrflowers on Monday July 07, 2025 @04:20PM (#44494275)

Seems like all those civilians that they chainsawed to death wouldn’t jump at the opportunity to make that distinction

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