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Oliver Lawson
@oliverlawson.bsky.social
Researching economics, small-scale conflict, and organised crime. Sometimes at the same time. My masters thesis (LSE) covered FARC dissident responses to COVID.

Check out oliverlawson.com for my Colombia drug seizures database
(1/5) People in Tunja woke up to find a mortar in the street.

As dawn broke on Saturday, residents in the Curubal neighbourhood of Tunja, the capital of Boyacá, discovered a blue pickup truck retrofitted with a platform for launching mortars.
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
(1/4) Yet another drone attack in Colombia.

On Friday, a police station in Jamundí (Valle del Cauca), was attacked by a drone loaded with explosives.
November 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
(1/5) The Colombian Navy seized nearly 2.8 tons of cocaine on a boat near Buenaventura destined for Central America, valued at 133 million USD (where, idk).

Just a few weeks ago, public forces had seized 2.9 tons of cocaine in a mega operation that hit 35 locations in the port city in the same day.
October 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
(1/5) FARC dissidents injured six people in a drone attack in El Plateado, Cauca, today, five of them children. Drone attacks are a tragically common story in Cauca.

El Espectador attributes the attack to the Carlos Patiño FARC dissident front.

Below is a map of the group's clashes and arrests.
October 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM