Northern Bloc of the AUC

Northern Bloc of the AUC
Northern Bloc of the AUC
Participant in Colombian armed conflict
Active Officially completed demobilization in March 2006.
Ideology Anti-communism
Leaders Salvatore Mancuso
Rodrigo Tovar Pupo
Vicente Castaño
Area of
operations
Cesar, La Guajira, Magdalena, Atlántico, Santander, and Norte de Santander
Part of United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia
Opponents Revolutionary 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.


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