Despite being one of the oldest armed insurgent groups in the world, the National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN) has hardly featured in considerations of peace in Colombia. This is likely due to its being eclipsed by the diversity and infamy of other armed groups involved in the country’s armed conflict. Paramilitaries, drug traffickers, and the FARC seem to dominant narratives related to the Colombian conflict.

At Insight Crime, Patrick Corcoran has a piece up arguing that Mexico needs to rethink how it pursues leaders of the country's drug trade. At root, Corcoran suggests that the Mexican government would do well to follow the American model of targeting major crime bosses. He writes:

Recent headlines are clear: our world is a fearful place, spattered with blood, angry men and loose guns. But not everywhere.