Look up autodefensa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Autodefensas (Spanish for self-defenders) may refer to various Latin American vigilante groups:...
leader of the Autodefensas. After a few months, Mireles returned to the Autodefensas. At this time the Mexican government ordered the Autodefensas to disarm...
Gulf Clan), also known as Gaitanist Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia – AGC) and formerly called Los Urabeños and Clan...
Recon, and Dr. José Mireles, a Michoacán-based physician who leads the Autodefensas. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature...
2012. "Las 'Águilas negras', grupo conformado por desmovilizados de las autodefensas, ya azotan 5 regiones". ElTiempo.com (in Spanish). Archived from the...
townspeople, known as autodefensas, have been taking arms against the Knights Templar for the past few years. Now, CJNG and local autodefensas are forming unprecedented...
mobile phone network United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (Spanish: Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia), former Colombian paramilitary and drugs group Santiago...
The Civil Defense Patrols (Spanish: Patrullas de Autodefensa Civil, PAC) were local militias created by the government of Guatemala during the Guatemalan...
fishery is recovering. In Mexico a vigilante group called Grupos de autodefensa comunitaria was formed to counter the illegal loggers, the La Familia...
ACCU may refer to: Autodefensas Campesinas de Cordoba y Uraba, a Colombian paramilitary group Accu (battery), a battery that can be restored to full charge...
and La Familia Michoacana, created vigilante groups called Grupos de autodefensa comunitaria in 2013. Their most notorious leader was Hipólito Mora, assassinated...
has also led to the creation of anti-gang groups, vigilante gangs, and autodefensas, who are groups who profess to be fighting against gang influence, but...
affiliate his Oficina with the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia ("Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia", AUC, in Spanish), organizing drug trafficking operations...
resist kidnappings and extortion, i.e. Muerte a Secuestradores and the Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia. In many places these private household retainers...
Regions. The gang began operating as a self-defense force (grupos de autodefensa comunitaria) in 2014. Former Michoacán security commissioner Alfredo...
Naranjo, Peña Nieto's security advisor from Colombia, crumbled when autodefensas started to have internal organization struggles and disagreements with...
'templario' señalado por autodefensas". 20 January 2014. Archived from the original on 18 March 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015. "Autodefensas inicia operaciones...
fight the government and the other rival cartels. Also the Grupos de autodefensa comunitaria recruited some children to defend their villages from the...
America by Adrian J English, Jane's Publishing 1984, ISBN 0 7106 0321 5 "Autodefensas inicia operaciones como Fuerza Rural de Michoacán". Excélsior (in Spanish)...
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