Abstract

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) transformed drug-trafficking in its main funding source. This led to consider it in La Havana’s peace talks. FARC’s participation in the referred activity made it necessary for the Special Jurisdiction for Peace to considerate the political crime as a related crime in the Final Agreement’s framework, if proven that the drug smuggling was utilized to finance their rebellion. Thus, we formulated the following survey question: Is it judicially possible to consider drug-trafficking as a related crime? This article is structured into five sections. First, we historically describe the context under the armed conflict evolved. Second, we discuss the theoretical relation between narcotraffic, international conflict, and international law. Third, we analyze the concepts of political crime and related crime according to doctrinal debate. Fourth, we verify if drug-trafficking constitutes a related crime from a juridical focus. Finally, we finish this investigation with some conclusions.