After the demise, Veteran Colombia was often attracted by the opportunity to work in a foreign battlefield like Iraq or Yemen, as mercenaries.

At least 17 Colombian veterans were among the suspects that killed the assassination of President Haiti Jovenel Moise on July 7.

The assassination pushed Haiti deeper into political chaos in the context of spreading gang violence.

Colombian soldiers in an arena in Bogota a few years ago.

For those who want to recruit mercenaries to perform ventureage tasks abroad, Colombia is a popular choice.

The soldiers of Colombian elite terrorist units can retire from the age of 40, making many people only have a humble pension and do not know what to do next.

Recruiting Colombian soldiers to other places in the world as a mercenary is a long-term problem, because there are no laws forbidden to do so, Commander of Colombian Armed Forces, General Luis Fernando Navarro, said.

Unified Arab Emirates (UAE) is an important customer of Colombian veterans.

McFate wrote in a report in 2019 that Latin American mercenary demanded much lower costs than US or British veterans, although the money was 4 times more than their old wages in the army.

Navarro said that the armored soldiers have the opportunity to participate in classes in Colombia's technical college system, but the military does not track their later activities.

Colombian soldiers have anti-rebellion, anti-terrorism or people who have been trained in countries like the US and Israel are often the preferred recruitment source of private security companies, a troops

All young men Colombia are required to carry out military service or serve in the national police force for at least a year, although those who are attending college and are capable of paying an exempted amount of meaning

After completing military service, many people with poor emphasis, especially in rural areas are heavily affected by the civil war, often continue to become an official soldier, because they don't have much

The soldiers are paid low, face danger and must be far from relatives.

McFate said that while US companies like Blackwater are still the most famous a private military contractor, a lot of veterans from other countries are studying with US private security companies specializing in mercenaries.

Every day, new private military groups appear from countries like Russia, Uganda, Iraq, Afghanistan and Colombia.