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Northern Bloc of the AUC

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Northern Bloc of the AUC
LeadersSalvatore Mancuso
Rodrigo Tovar Pupo
Vicente Castaño
Dates of operationOfficially completed demobilization in March 2006.
Active regionsCesar, La Guajira, Magdalena, Atlántico, Santander, and Norte de Santander
IdeologyAnti-communism
Part ofUnited Self-Defense Forces of Colombia
OpponentsRevolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
National Liberation Army

The Northern Bloc of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (Spanish: Bloque Norte de las AUC) was a Colombian paramilitary organization that operated until March 2006, when it demobilized. A National Center for Historical Memory report found that the group perpetrated 456 massacres from 1996 to 2006.[1]

References

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  1. ^ ""Bloque Norte de las AUC estuvo ligado con el establecimiento": Centro Nacional de Memoria Histórica". Infobae (in Spanish). 19 May 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2024.