Start your day with intelligence. Get The OODA Daily Pulse.

Home > Briefs > xArchives > In Colombia, paramilitary groups still spreading terror

In Colombia, paramilitary groups still spreading terror

The Colombian government insists that paramilitary gangs are extinct. Try telling that to Antonio Domingo, a poor Afro-Colombian who was rousted from his home in the dead of night in August and told to leave town or be killed. Antonio, 30, who declined to give his last name for fear of reprisal, said armed and uniformed fighters who identified themselves as members of a paramilitary force called the Black Eagles gave residents minutes to leave San Jose, their Pacific coast hamlet. Full Story