Ex-Colombian Paramilitary Leader Captured in Venezuela

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Ex-Colombian Paramilitary Leader Captured in Venezuela
Published 24 December 2015

William Danilo Carvajal, former AUC paramilitary member, is believed to be responsible for five massacres that resulted in 100 deaths.


Former paramilitary leader accused of leading at least five massacres, William Danilo Carvajal, was captured in Venezuela and returned home to Colombia this week after spending 16 years in hiding.

Danilo was captured Saturday in the town of Urena in the western Venezuelan state of San Cristobal, which borders Colombia, where authorities say the fugitive was in hiding. The arrest was a joint operation between Colombian authorities, Venezuela's National Anti Drug Office (ONA) and the Venezuelan Bolivarian National Army.

Danilo, also known as “Daniel,” was a former member of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), a paramilitary group that was responsible for numerous human rights violations when it operated in Colombia.

The paramilitary fugitive has been on the run for some 16 years, according to officials, wanted for narcotrafficking, homicide, conspiracy and forced disappearances, reported local media.

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