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Colombia's drug-fueled cycle of terror, corruption, and tragedy did not end with Pablo Escobar's death in 1993. Just when Colombians were ready to move past the murderous legacy of the country's cartels, a new, bloody chapter unfolded. In the late 1990s, right-wing paramilitary groups with close ties to the cocaine business carried out a violent expansion campaign, massacring, raping, and torturing thousands.There Are No Dead Here is the harrowing story of three ordinary Colombians who risked everything to reveal the collusion between the new mafia and much of the country's military and political establishment: Jesus Mara Valle, a human rights activist who was murdered for exposing a dark secret; Ivn Velsquez, a quiet prosecutor who took up Valle's cause and became an unlikely hero; and Ricardo Caldern, a dogged journalist who is still being targeted for his revelations.