Medellin gangs have as many members as ELN in all Colombia July 6, 2021 Medellin‘s gangs may have more members than the country’s last-standing guerrilla group, the ELN, in all of Colombia, according to authorities. According to the city’s deputy Security Secretary, Leonardo Buitrago, at least 3,000 of the more than 3.5 million inhabitants of Medellin’s metropolitan area are believed to be actively involved in at least 93 gangs. This would mean that Medellin’s mafia would have as many people in arms as the ELN, which was estimated to have the same number of member according to the United States’ 2020 report on foreign terrorist organizations.