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"Colombia's Silent
War"
Photographs by Eros Hoagland
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| Refugees
make temporary homes on the banks of the Putumayo River
that divides Colombia from Ecuador. This man and his
family have been displaced by violence three times. Many
of the displaced hope to cross into Ecuador, but the
border towns are already bulging with Colombian refugees.
There are also signs that the war is bleeding across
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Paramilitary fighters
mobilize near La Dorada, Putumayo department. The AUC
is rapidly gaining strength and territory in Colombia's
rural territories. Many people who have grown tired
of guerrilla kidnapping, extortion and murder have
joined the ranks of this swelling army, but just as
many have been killed by their hand. The AUC has well
known ties to the Colombian army although the Government
officially outlaws them.
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| A plastic
bowl collects blood from a man slain by guerrillas for
collaborating with paramilitary forces in Putumayo. |
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FARC guerrillas
man a checkpoint in the former"demilitarized" safe
zone given to the rebels by the Colombian government.
Government forces have recently launched a huge military
campaign to drive the guerrillas from the area. A protracted
war is now eminent.
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| A dog
is the only one left in Los Angeles after the massacre.
More than two million Colombians have been driven from
their homes by political violence that is regularly committed
by all the armed groups fighting for power. The tactic
of mass expulsion is used to weaken civilian support
for whichever armed faction operates in the area. |
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A message posted
by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
in San Vicente de Caguan.
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| Portrait
of a post cold-war "anti-communist." The far right United
Self Defense Forces of Colombia have officially been
labeled as a terrorist organization by the U.S. government. |
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