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AUC Paramilitary Photos


Two paramilitaries in La Dorada, Putumayo.
Photo: Garry Leech


Paramilitaries on patrol in Putumayo.
Photo: Garry Leech


Paramilitaries are responsible for more than 70 percent
of the human rights abuses in Colombia.
Photo: Garry Leech


The AUC works closely with the Colombian
army in its war against the guerrillas.
Photo: Garry Leech

During the 1990s, the paramilitaries grew from
under a thousand to a force of 8,000 fighters.
Photo: Garry Leech


The AUC receives funding from the drug trade,
large landowners and wealthy businessmen.
Photo: Garry Leech


Paramilitary fighters receive more than
double the Colombian minimum wage.
Photo: Garry Leech


A paramilitary fighter on patrol in
Putumayo, southern Colombia.
Photo: Garry Leech

A paramilitary fighter stands
guard in La Dorada, Putumayo.
Photo: Garry Leech


Many paramilitaries are former
soldiers from the Colombian army.
Photo: Garry Leech


ACCU paramilitaries from the Arauca
Vanquishers Block in Los Llanos.
Photo: Garry Leech


ACCU paramilitaries in the region of Arauca
that contains the Caņo Limon oil pipeline.
Photo: Garry Leech

A paramilitary camp in Putumayo.
Photo: Garry Leech

 

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