The use of large-scale force can be understood as a performative attempt to reassert territorial dominance. This aligns with what some scholars describe as the “punitive turn” in Latin America.

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Military police officers on Aug. 23 at the site where Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe was murdered while campaigning in Bogota, in June. Military police officers on Aug. 23 at the site ...