En el municipio minero de Segovia, en Colombia, confluyen grupos armados, mafias, élites corruptas y empresas multinacionales en busca de oro, mientras los habitantes luchan por sobrevivir. Pero ¿qué ocurre cuando esas fuerzas van demasiado lejos y tocan los intereses del poder?

Este episodio especial en español fue adaptado de nuestra serie The Shadow of El Dorado. Ahora puede escuchar la investigación completa en inglés con subtítulos en español.

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In the Colombian mining town of Segovia, armed groups, mafias, corrupt elites and multinational corporations all converge in search of gold while the town’s residents fight for survival. But what happens when they cross that line, and touch the cables del poder?

This special Spanish language episode was adapted from our series, the Shadow of El Dorado. Now you can listen to the full investigation in English with Spanish subtitles

Two weeks ago, we published what was supposed to be the final episode of The Shadow of El Dorado, our podcast series exploring the story of Segovia, a small mining town in Colombia tainted by blood gold. But while we were publishing the series, one of the people we had followed throughout our investigation, Jaime Gallego, was abducted, tortured, and murdered. As one of the leaders of the mesa minera – or mining roundtable – Jaime represented Segovia’s informal miners in their struggles with the Colombian government and the Canadian multinational that is the legal owner of Segovia’s gold. This work earned him at least 23 death threats, and, ultimately, would cost him his life. This week, we are launching a special episode to tell his story.

Tensions between informal miners and the Canadian multinational that is the legal owner of the town’s gold have been building ever since we first arrived in Segovia. And now that conflict is reaching breaking point.

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Listen to the full series and explore additional content from the investigation here.