Author: Reidy, Aisling
Title: Paramilitaries' Heirs: The New Face of Violence in Colombia
Summary: Between 2003 and 2006 the Colombia government implemented a demobilization process for 37 armed groups that made up the brutal, mafia-like, paramilitary coalition known as the AUC. The government claimed success, as more than 30,000 persons went through demobilization ceremonies and entered reintegration programs. But almost immediately afterwards, new groups cropped up all over the country, taking the reins of the criminal operations that the AUC leadership previously ran. Today, these successor groups are engaging in frequent and serious abuses against civilians, including massacres, killings, forced displacement, rapes, threats, and extortion. This report documents the extent to which the emergence of the successor groups is related to the government's failure to effectively demobilize main AUC leaders and fighters. It describes the groups' brutal abuses against civilians, particularly in Medellin, the Uraba region, and the states of Meta and Narino.
Details: New York: Human Rights Watch, 2010. 113p.
Source: Internet Resource
Year: 2010
Country: Colombia
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Shelf Number: 117328
Keywords:
Human Rights (Colombia)Organized CrimeParamilitary ForcesViolence |
