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    The United Self-Defenders of Colombia (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, or AUC, in Spanish) were a Colombian far-right paramilitary and drug trafficking...
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  • be the most powerful force for most of its existence.: 70  Colombian conflict United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia Hristov, Jasmin (2009). Blood and capital :...
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  • Fidel Castaño (category Colombian anti-communists)
    January 6, 1994) was a Colombian drug lord and paramilitary who was among the founders of Los Pepes and the Peasant Self-Defense Forces of Cordoba and Uraba...
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  • Predecessor to the South African Defence Force (1912-1957) United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia: (1997-2008) Zanzibar Volunteer Defence Force: (1914-??...
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  • Carlos Castaño Gil (category Members of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia)
    of the founding members of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC). Carlos Castaño Gil was the youngest son of the family Castaño Gil, a rich...
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    Diego Murillo Bejarano (category Members of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia)
    Paz, is a former leader of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia paramilitary group, as well as the leader of The Office of Envigado cartel. His squad...
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    Vicente Castaño (category Members of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia)
    leader of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), a right-wing Colombian paramilitary organization. After demobilizing, he was accused of murdering...
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  • Los Pepes (category Organized crime groups in Colombia)
    Fidel Castaño Peasant Self-Defenders of Córdoba and Urabá United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia "human rights watch | colombia ? guerra sin cuartel"...
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    The Gulf Clan), also known as Gaitanist Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia – AGC) and formerly called Los Urabeños...
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  • GSM mobile phone network United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (Spanish: Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia), former Colombian paramilitary and drugs group...
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  • number of Colombian paramilitaries. In April 1997, the creation of the Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia) or AUC...
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  • Carlos Mario Jiménez (category Members of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia)
    26, 1966) is a Colombian former drug lord and paramilitary leader. Jimenez was a member of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) paramilitary...
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  • has a presence in Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Panama, Costa Rica, Chile, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States. It holds a...
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    Valle cartel has filled the Colombian vacuum, along with rightwing paramilitaries (e.g. United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, AUC) and leftwing insurgent...
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  • for a 2006 scandal involving Colombian politicians and the paramilitary group the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia. Parapolitics may also refer...
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  • initially acting as a vigilante self-defense group. Zoe Pound first gained the attention of the media in the spring of 1997, when gang members robbed ships...
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    Salvatore Mancuso (category Members of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia)
    Montería, Córdoba) is a Colombian paramilitary leader, once second in command of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) paramilitary group...
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    Chiquita liable for the killing of eight Colombians by the right wing paramilitary group United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia. The jury verdict also ordered...
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  • Rodrigo Tovar Pupo (category Members of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia)
    1960) was born in Valledupar, Colombia. He was the leader of the Northern Bloc of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia. He demobilized with his two...
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  • Ernesto Báez (category Members of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia)
    November 19, 2019) was a Colombian paramilitary leader and onetime member of the demobilized United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC). Duque-Gaviria graduated...
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  • Miguel Arroyave (category Members of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia)
    was one of the top paramilitary leaders and commander of the Centaurs bloc ("Bloque Centauros") of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), a...
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    growth of drug production, corruption and the spread of even more violent paramilitary groups such as the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC)...
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  • del Valle Cartel North Coast Cartel United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia Peruvian drug cartels (see also Vladimiro...
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    Miguel Ángel Mejía Múnera (category Members of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia)
    minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos informed that Mejia-Munera had five arrest warrants and one extradition petition by the United States. Colombian authorities...
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    Daniel Barrera Barrera (category People extradited from Colombia to the United States)
    members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group and later with members of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC)...
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  • Nation is an alliance of street gangs originating in Chicago, established in 1978. The alliance has since spread throughout the United States, particularly...
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  • The Revolutionary Forces of the G9 Family and Allies (Haitian Creole: Fòs Revolisyonè G9 an Fanmi e Alye) is a federation of 12 gangs led by former Haitian...
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  • "Rodrigo"), a 1980s Colombian paramilitary leader for the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) Victor Mauricio Garcia, a swimmer for Peru at Swimming...
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  • an American alliance of street gangs generally associated with the Chicago area. They are rivals of the Folk Nation alliance of gangs. In 1978, Mickey...
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  • Hernán Giraldo (category People convicted of murder by Colombia)
    armed group, part of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia. Colombian prosecutors have labeled Giraldo “One of the riches narco paramilitaries”...
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