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Judi Lynn

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Thu Oct 28, 2021, 08:38 PM Oct 2021

"Chiquito Malo," Colombia's alleged new paramilitary chief

by Adriaan Alsema October 28, 2021

Control over Colombia’s largest paramilitary group, the AGC, has allegedly been transferred to “Chiquito Malo” after the arrest of long-time leader “Otoniel.”

According to the authorities, Chiquito Malo’s real name is Jobanis de Jesus Avila, a former member of the Bananeros Bloc of now-defunct paramilitary organization AUC.

The AGC chief is was born in 1971 in San Pedro de Uraba, a mostly rural municipality in the Uraba region.

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Under the leadership of Otoniel, the Urabeños announced their new name, the Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia, in 2014 and began a reorganization and a propaganda campaign that would allow them to be considered an illegal armed group rather than an organized crime group.

More:
https://colombiareports.com/chiquito-malo/



Jobanis de Jesus Avila
"Chiquito Malo"



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