La historia (history) aparece cada vez que ocurre un acontecimiento lo suficientemente importante para iluminar su pasado.Entonces la masa caótica de sucesos pasados emerge como un relato (story) que puede ser contado, porque tiene un comienzo y un final. Lo que el acontecimiento iluminador revela es un comienzo en el pasado que hasta aquel momento estaba oculto; a los ojos del historiador, el acontecimiento iluminador no puede sino aparecer como el final de este comienzo recientemente descubierto.

This paper attempts to show a comprehensive examination of the relationships between politics and narcotraffic in Cauca Valley State and how this political phenomenon derived from figureheads. Also, a reflection about the way this situation had appeared since 1990 and the way it articulated within the electoral behavior of voters in Cauca Valley State is presented.This paper shows an analysis about figureheads and political paramilitarism and their close relationships with the Colombian Democratic Security Program and the political mutation of paramilitary groups. Finally, some relevant hypotheses about the political dynamics in Cauca Valley State, which are evidenced both in the current political crisis and the results of the last presidential elections are presented.