The Reconquest of Ituango: A Challenge in National Security and Defense of the Colombian State

Abstract

Complex geographical factors combined with the historical incapacity of the State to establish authority in different regions of Colombia have caused violence to heighten in certain areas, such as the municipality of Ituango. In this region there is a concentration of armed groups that have emerged and imposed themselves as proto-states, replacing the government and assuming its functions with authoritative logic either as warlords or guerrillas.