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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

Syn: ↑United Self-Defense Force of Colombia, ↑Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, ↑AUC
Topics: ↑terrorism, ↑act of terrorism, ↑terrorist act
Regions: ↑Colombia, ↑Republic of Colombia
Instance Hypernyms: ↑terrorist organization, ↑terrorist group, ↑foreign terrorist organization, ↑FTO

Useful english dictionary. 2012.