Álvaro Uribe came to power in Colombia shortly after 9/11 and declared his own war on terrorism with US support.
Members of the right-wing paramilitary group United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) raise their rifles near the Venezuelan border, June 14, 2001. They remained at war with leftist guerrilla groups — the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (FARC) — until 2006. (Efrain Patino / AFP via Getty Images)
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