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Castano, 35, has seen a lot of Colombian jungle. It has been five years since he last set foot in a town, seven years since he took his wife and two kids to visit his favorite country, the U.S., where they toured Disney World, with the full knowledge of U.S. officials. In 1993 Castano and his late brother Fidel reportedly did antidrug authorities the great favor of helping police hunt down Pablo Escobar, leader of the powerful Medellin cartel...
...Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the smaller but no less virulent National Liberation Army (ELN), which has 5,000 fighters. His AUC members, who look as though they were outfitted from the back pages of Soldier of Fortune magazine, number 8,000. They operate in 25% of Colombian territory, mainly in the north, along the Venezuelan border and in the central Magdalena River valley. But in the past month, AUC forces pushed deep into the southern Putumayo zone, challenging the FARC's dominance over 150,000 acres of coca plantations--which produce more than half...
...proving more lethal against the guerrillas than the Colombian army for one simple reason: Castano's men don't fret too much over human rights. "We copy the methods of our enemy," says Castano grimly. A government ombudsman says the AUC has massacred more than 794 people this year, mostly small farmers. Castano insists that nearly all were guerrilla spies...
...Colombian whom he prefers to live with, the guerrillas or the AUC, he'll say the AUC. But if you ask him how he wants to live he won't hesitate in saying that he wants to live without an AUC presence, and without a guerrilla presence. He wants to live where there's a strong, solid state, where there are jobs and stability. The AUC is accepted, but it's not what Colombians want. The solution isn't the AUC. We're part of the solution. It's logical that we're accepted. It's the fault...
...Fujimori has been conducting a purge of Montesinos supporters in the military since the intelligence chief's departure, but many Peruvians still fear that the intelligence chief - who has also been accused of involvement in running guns to Colombian rebels and of maintaining other underworld links - may yet command sufficient loyalty to attempt a coup. If Montesinos is indeed looking to make a comeback, his window of opportunity is narrowing. The government and opposition on Thursday announced an agreement to hold new elections next April, at which time the Fujimori regime, which first elevated Montesinos to power, is expected...