Podcast: Colombia Calling - The English Voice in Colombia (LS 42 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: 569: La Escombrera: Colombia's Largest Urban Mass GravePub date: 2025-06-03Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationLa Escombrera, a vast rubble pile overlooking Medellín, is considered to be Colombia’s largest urban mass grave. Its excavation this year has unearthed the remains of people whose families have been searching for them for decades.  Earlier this month, it was announced that the excavation there is being expanded. Some hope that what is found in that rubble will answer deeper questions - about how the conflict unfolded here in the city, and how the state was complicit in murders and human rights violations committed by paramilitary groups. This week, Emily Hart, journalist and Colombia Calling host, takes us through an article she wrote on her Substack about La Escombrera, the dynamics and history of Colombia's civil conflict, and about how this war - largely characterised by rural conflict and guerrilla tactics - ended up radically changing the face of Colombia’s cities. Sign up and subscribe to Emily's Substack: https://harte.substack.com And don't miss, the Colombia Briefing reported by Emily as well. The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Richard McColl, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

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