United Self-Defense Group of Colombia
- United Self-Defense Group of Colombia
noun
a terrorist organization in Colombia formed in 1997 as an umbrella for local and regional paramilitary groups; is financed by earnings from narcotics and serves to protect the economic interests of its members
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the AUC conducted over 800 assassinations in one year
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