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The Para-State AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF COLOMBIA’S DEATH SQUADS Aldo Civico UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS The Para-State The Para-State AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF COLOMBIA’S DEATH SQUADS Aldo Civico UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS University of California Press, one of the most distinguished university presses in the United States, enriches lives around the world by advancing scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Its activities are supported by the UC Press Foundation and by philanthropic contributions from individuals and institutions. For more information, visit www.ucpress.edu. University of California Press Oakland, California © 2016 by Th e Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Civico, Aldo, author. Th e para-state : an ethnography of Colombia’s death squads / Aldo Civico. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-520-28851-5 (cloth : alk. paper) isbn 978-0-520-28852-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) isbn 978-0-520-96340-5 (ebook) 1. Death squads—Colombia. 2. Paramilitary forces— Colombia. I. Title. II. Title: Ethnography of Colombia’s death squads. hv6322.3.c7c58 2016 986.106ʹ35—dc23 2015022453 Manufactured in the United States of America 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 In keeping with a commitment to support environmentally responsible and sustainable printing practices, UC Press has printed this book on Natures Natural, a fi ber that contains 30% post-consumer waste and meets the minimum requirements of ansi/niso z39.48–1992 (r 1997) (Permanence of Paper). To my parents, Irmi and Domenico, and to my nieces and nephew, Caterina, Margherita, and Riccardo CONTENTS Acknowledgments xi Prologue: From the Field Journal xv Introduction 1 1 • “Everything I Did in the Name of Peace” 26 2 • Fragments from the Shadows of War 55 3 • Limpieza: Th e Expenditure of Spectacular Violence 89 4 • An Ethnography of Cocaine 119 5 • Th e Intertwinement 143 6 • Demobilization and the Unmasking of the State 176 Conclusion 202 Notes 211 References 223 Index 231 Caribbean Sea Barranquilla Cartagena P A N A M A M aged V E N E Z U E L A el n Tarazá Ra vi ANTIOQUIA er Puerto Berrío Medellín Puerto Boyacá Pacif ic Ocean Bogotá C O L O M B I A Cali B R A Z I L E C U A D O R P E R U N 0 100 miles 0 100 kilometers Caribbean Sea Magdelena River Capurganá Sapzurro Caucásia Cáceres Tarazá Yarumal A N T I O Q U I A gdelena River San Roque a M Puerto Berrío Medellín San Carlos Granada Santuario San Luis Puerto Boyacá N 0 50 miles 0 50 kilometers
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