Uribe's Boys
By PHILLIP CRYAN
"The judgment of History will recognize the goodness and nobility of our Cause."[i]
--Salvatore Mancuso, military commander of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC)
Salvatore Mancuso delivered these triumphant words in a July 28 address to the Colombian Congress. He and two other commanders of the AUC flew to Bogotá in a Colombian Armed Forces plane, as part of their negotiations with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Vélez's administration. The AUC is a right-wing paramilitary federation responsible for murdering tens of thousands and terrorizing millions of Colombian civilians, often using unspeakably gruesome means, and working together with Colombia's armed forces.
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