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Although their numbers are unknown, colectivos are numerous, coordinated, often heavily armed and control significant territory – including in the country’s capital.
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Rebecca Hanson, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2026
Nicolás Maduro is seen in handcuffs after landing at a Manhattan helipad, escorted by heavily armed federal agents, en route to a federal courthouse in lower Manhattan on Jan. 5, 2026.
—CBS News, 6 Jan. 2026
That doesn’t mean the road was easy — he’s been targeted by an obsessed serial killer, framed by a dirty cop, and wounded during a border town shootout with a heavily armed gang.
—Tanya Melendez, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Jan. 2026
Indeed, as a result of the truce, the Houthis—the heavily armed militant group that controls northern Yemen, including the capital, Sanaa, and is allied with Hamas and Iran—paused their attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea and against Israel.
—April Longley Alley, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2025
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Rebecca Hanson, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2026
Nicolás Maduro is seen in handcuffs after landing at a Manhattan helipad, escorted by heavily armed federal agents, en route to a federal courthouse in lower Manhattan on Jan. 5, 2026.
—CBS News, 6 Jan. 2026
That doesn’t mean the road was easy — he’s been targeted by an obsessed serial killer, framed by a dirty cop, and wounded during a border town shootout with a heavily armed gang.
—Tanya Melendez, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Jan. 2026
Indeed, as a result of the truce, the Houthis—the heavily armed militant group that controls northern Yemen, including the capital, Sanaa, and is allied with Hamas and Iran—paused their attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea and against Israel.
—April Longley Alley, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2025
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“Heavily armed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heavily%20armed. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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