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Viewing cable 07BOGOTA8458, GOC FIGHTING TO CONTAIN NEW CRIMINAL GROUPS

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07BOGOTA8458 2007-12-11 14:37 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Bogota
VZCZCXYZ0000
PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHBO #8458/01 3451437
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 111437Z DEC 07
FM AMEMBASSY BOGOTA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0457
INFO RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS PRIORITY 9647
RUEHLP/AMEMBASSY LA PAZ DEC 9111
RUEHPE/AMEMBASSY LIMA PRIORITY 5700
RUEHZP/AMEMBASSY PANAMA PRIORITY 0959
RUEHQT/AMEMBASSY QUITO PRIORITY 6394
RUEHGL/AMCONSUL GUAYAQUIL PRIORITY 4207
RHMFISS/CDR USSOUTHCOM MIAMI FL PRIORITY
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC PRIORITY
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC PRIORITY
UNCLAS BOGOTA 008458 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PGOV PTER MARR CO
SUBJECT: GOC FIGHTING TO CONTAIN NEW CRIMINAL GROUPS 
 
REF: BOGOTA 5882 
 
 
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Summary 
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1.  Combined GOC military and police efforts to combat new 
criminal groups are making progress, with 1,710 captures and 
568 kills of gang members from January through mid-November 
2007.  The share of demobilized ex-AUC among these new groups 
appears to be falling, indicating that reinsertion programs 
and targeted law enforcement are slowly succeeding.  The 
Organization of American States' Mission to Support the Peace 
Process in Colombia's (MAPP/OAS) most recent report applauds 
the GOC's efforts to combat the new groups, but underscores 
their ability to regenerate through drug trafficking.  End 
Summary. 
 
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Increased Captures and Kills 
---------------------------- 
 
2.  Colombian National Police (CNP) officials provided us 
with recent data showing their latest results in fighting 
new criminal groups.  From January 1 through November 14, 
2007, combined military and police forces captured 1710 group 
members and killed 568.  These results already exceed the 
numbers for 2006 (1014 captures and 143 kills) and reflect 
the greater GOC effort to prevent an AUC-like resurgence of 
criminal groups.  Figures for October alone showed 216 
captures and 58 kills.  A contributor to October's spike was 
the mass demobilization of a renegade bloc (Cacique Papinta) 
of 51 paramilitaries, a holdout from the AUC era.  Police 
estimate there are  23 emerging criminal groups with a 
combined membership of 2300 persons, down from 3000 earlier 
in 2007.  CNP officials say other groups' higher 
estimates--which range from 3000 to 4500--do not reflect the 
public forces' results. The CNP verifies numbers reported by 
other services and excludes undocumented Army takedowns. 
 
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Fewer Demobilized Back To Crime 
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3.  Statistics show a drop in the number of demobilized 
paramilitaries among captured or killed members of new 
criminal groups.  At midyear, police estimated that 16 to 18 
percent of new groups' members were demobilized AUC, but the 
average for 2007 has now fallen under 12 percent.  Police 
monitor recidivism using detailed bio-data bases compiled 
during the AUC demobilization process, and those data bases 
have facilitated round-ups of 'recycled' criminals.  Falling 
numbers of ex-AUC within new groups indicate that both 
reinsertion programs and targeted law enforcement are slowly 
succeeding in deterring former paras from joining new groups. 
 
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October Results - Nationwide 
---------------------------- 
 
4.  October's progress against new groups was widespread, 
with the GOC attacking groups throughout the country. 
Significant blows were struck against the highest profile 
groups --Organizacion Nueva Generacion and Rastrojos in 
Narino and the Aguilas Negras in Norte de Santander.  CNP 
action against the Narino groups follows charges by human 
rights groups of  GOC inaction, or in some case security 
force collusion, with ONG and highlights GOC resolve to deal 
with this problem.   Through regional councils coordinating 
military, police, and civilian agencies, significant results 
have also been achieved against new groups in the north 
(Cesar, Magdalena), south (Putumayo), east (Meta/Vichada), 
and west (Choco).  CNP officials said there continues to be 
no evidence of a national command and control structure among 
the new groups, noting that many local criminal bands claim 
the "Aguilas" name to enhance their prestige. 
 
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OAS: Groups Are Small, Mobile, and Low-Profile 
--------------------------------------------- - 
 
5.  The MAPP/OAS' Tenth Report on the AUC demobilization 
applauds GOC's efforts to combat the new groups, but notes 
the 
groups' ability to regenerate using profits from the drug 
trade.  "The Mission has noted the government's efforts to 
gain ground.... However, despite stepping up its operations 
and strikes against the rearmed remnants of self defense 
forces, the capacity for reinvention and recruitment of these 
units, funded with resources from drug trafficking, makes it 
possible for them to continue...." 
 
6.  CNP and MAPP/OAS analysts agree the new groups are 
focused solely on drug profits, without political pretensions 
or aspirations for influence.  They are characterized by high 
levels of criminal activity (such as smuggling or extortion) 
but relatively low levels of violence (mostly targeted 
assassinations of competitors). The groups seek to avoid 
police attention, and are smaller and more mobile than the 
previous AUC blocks, complicating police and military efforts 
to target them.  Still, the OAS has detected movement by some 
bands from Uraba to Magdalena, or from Antioquia to Meta, 
suggesting some are trying to build more extensive networks. 
 
 
 
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