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Demobilization of Colombia's largest paramilitary group on hold: report
by Adriaan Alsema August 21, 2018
A change in government has put the promised demobilization of the AGC, Colombia’s largest illegal armed group, on hold, according to newspaper El Tiempo.
The Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia (AGC), announced that they would submit to justice a year ago, more than a decade after dissident mid-level commanders of paramilitary umbrella organization AUC abandoned their organization’s demobilization process and rearmed.
According to the prosecution, the group has since grown to have some 7,000 members, contradicting the government, which claims the group has no more than 1,800 members.
The AGC’s political chief told Colombia Reports last year that the paramilitaries have some 8,000 members, “including informants.”
More:
https://colombiareports.com/demobilization-of-colombias-largest-paramilitary-group-on-hold-report/