(President Juan Manuel Santos, Nobel Peace Prize) disarmed the FARC, converting it into a legal political party. It was a historic achievement. But the plebiscite to approve it won by "No"—a razor-thin rejection showing that half of Colombia did not want to negotiate with "terrorists."
The National Front ended in 1974, but the wounds remained. Then, a new economy arrived: . The United States’ demand and the closure of traditional drug routes (Mexico, Cuba) in the 1970s made Colombia the epicenter. The Medellín Cartel (Pablo Escobar) and the Cali Cartel (Rodríguez Orejuela brothers) built a parallel state.