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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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • El Salado massacre (category United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia)
    Bloque Norte and Bloque Héroes de los Montes de María of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), commanded by Rodrigo Tovar Pupo (alias 'Jorge...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    Tren de Aragua (category Organizations designated as terrorist by the United States)
    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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  • Machine, Office of the Law Revision Counsel (United States). Retrieved 5 December 2006. "EU removes Colombia's FARC from official list of terror groups"...
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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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  • The following is a list of notable massacres in Colombia. Most documented massacres have been a part of the wider Colombian conflict (1964-present day)...
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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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  • joined forces with Los Pepes in order to oust him. Murillo then began to affiliate his Oficina with the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia ("Autodefensas...
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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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    The cartel is believed to have employed the services of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), a right-wing paramilitary organization internationally...
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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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    Víctor Manuel Mejía Múnera (category Members of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia)
    Arauca", was a Colombian drug lord and former paramilitary leader along twin brother Miguel Ángel of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) commanding...
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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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  • Interpol, the files found by Colombian forces were considered to be authentic. In 2008, the United States Department of Treasury accused two senior Venezuelan...
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    He was shot by Carlos Castaño Gil, the top leader of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), according to a confession by a paramilitary named...
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    pressure from the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) whose paramilitary mercenaries conduct anti-guerrilla operations in that part of the Bolívar...
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    The Panama Defense Forces (Spanish: Fuerzas de Defensa de Panamá; FFDD), formerly the National Guard (of Panama) (Spanish: Guardia Nacional), were the...
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