The main group was the AUC - the United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia, which officially at least has demobilised.
Alvaro Arajo, the brother of Maria Consuelo Arajo, was arrested with four other pro-Uribe lawmakers last week on charges of meeting with the AUC (United Self-defense forces of Colombia) paramilitary leaders.
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In 2006 several right-leaning congressmen were charged with colluding with the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC).
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In 1999 she was kidnapped by the paramilitary group called the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC).
The Foreign Minister of Colombia, Maria Consuela Araujo, has resigned after her brother was accused of conspiring with paramilitary groups, among them the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC).
An estimated 30, 000 troops of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) have laid down their arms and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN) are severely diminished.
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The Uribe administration is under attack because the demobilization of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) and the resulting peace process has led to the opening of old and new wounds, revealing links between the paramilitary and the political establishment.
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Their troubles began when the Supreme Court issued an advisory opinion which found that the Justice and Peace Law introduced by the government, that set the rules for the 2003-2006 disarmament of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) paramilitaries, was synonymous with impunity.
About 30, 000 paramilitaries united under the group United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, or AUC, formally demobilized between 2003 and 2006, but many are thought to have since regrouped.
AUC, and shared intelligence with it as well as with American-trained troops.
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