Colombia's armed groups 'expanding,' warns watchdog

Colombia faces deadliest year in a decade as armed groups regain strength, warns ombudswoman

BOGOTA, Oct 8 — Colombia’s once-weakened armed groups are growing their power again, the country’s ombudswoman told AFP on Monday, as the country heads toward its most violent year in a decade.Fueled by renewed competition over drug trafficking routes, cartels and guerilla groups are cementing their control of pockets of the country outside major cities.“There is a very serious dynamic of expansion of the groups and fragmentation among them,” Ir…

Colombia's armed groups 'expanding,' warns watchdog

Colombia's once-weakened armed groups are growing their power again, the country's ombudswoman told AFP Monday, as the country heads toward its most violent year in a decade.