Editing Ciudad Perdida (section)

==Armed conflict==
The area around Ciudad Perdida was affected by the [[Colombian armed conflict (1964–present)|Colombian armed conflict]] between the Colombian National Army, [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]] [[paramilitary]] groups, and [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] [[Guerrilla warfare|guerrilla]] groups like the [[National Liberation Army (Colombia)|National Liberation Army]] (ELN) and [[Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia]] (FARC).

During the decades of the 1980s and 1990s, due to the boom of drug traffic and contraband, FARC and ELN settled in the zone, creating routes and armies and using forced taxation with the communities as well. During this time, a peace treaty with the government was in the making for demobilization; however, this allowed for other guerilla groups that were not part of the treaty to get stronger and united; around the same time, right-wing paramilitary groups invaded the region El Mamey, in the north of Ciudad Perdida, creating instability, in the area and a wave of violence between all armed forces. By the late 1990s, most of the territory was under the [[Colombian paramilitary group]] [[United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia|Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia]] (AUC).<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Vega |first=Fernando |date=2017 |title=Turismo y posconflicto. Una reflexion a partir del escenario del Camino a Teyuna (Ciudad Perdida). |url=https://revistas.uexternado.edu.co/index.php/tursoc/article/view/5178 |journal=Turismo y Sociedad |volume=XXI |pages= |via=}}</ref>

On 15 September 2003, the ELN kidnapped eight foreign tourists visiting Ciudad Perdida, demanding a government investigation into [[human rights abuses]] in exchange for their [[Hostage negotiation|hostages]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Ciudad Perdida Kidnappings |url=http://laciudadperdida.com/about-ciudad-perdida/kidnappings-and-modern-times/ |website=La Ciudad Perdida |access-date=2014-09-08 |archive-date=2012-11-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130093008/http://laciudadperdida.com/about-ciudad-perdida/kidnappings-and-modern-times/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The ELN released the last of the hostages three months later. The AUC continued attacking aborigines and non-aborigines in the zone. In 2006, after a demobilization treaty, the damage done by the [[Right-wing paramilitarism in Colombia|Colombian paramilitary group]] amounted to 8000 direct victims, around 274 violent deaths, and 1000 indirect victims.<ref name=":2" />