Autodefensas Campesinas de Córdoba y Urabá ( ACCU ), Spanish for Field Workers Self-Defenders of Córdoba and Urabá , was a paramilitary group formed in northwestern Colombia , operating mainly in the Antioquia Department and Córdoba Department . It was founded by Fidel Castaño , Carlos Castaño and Vicente Castaño to retaliate against the assassination of their father Jesús Castaño by FARC-EP guerrillas.
5-409: ACCU may refer to: Autodefensas Campesinas de Cordoba y Uraba , a Colombian paramilitary group Accu (battery) , a battery that can be restored to full charge by the application of electrical energy ACCU (organisation) , a software development user group Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities People's Choice Credit Union , formerly
10-725: A threat to their rights, and the Castaño brothers as well as other farmers in the region had armed themselves and hired bodyguards following this principle. The military officially cut its links with these groups after finding out some of its members had ties to drug dealers. By 1994, several of these farmers had grouped together forming a small army to fight the guerrillas as part of the ACCU, led by Fidel Castaño and still being financed by drug dealers. The ACCU's first intentions were to protect their members' farms from being attacked by guerrillas and to defend those farmers' interests when threatened, including
15-512: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Autodefensas Campesinas de Cordoba y Uraba The Colombian military had been supporting farmers' efforts by training some of them in military doctrine, which also had military veterans or retirees in their lines. The Army was authorized to do this following the Colombian constitutional article that supported civilian arming as self-defense against
20-700: The Australian Central Credit Union Asia/Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO Aquarian Christine Church Universal , a religious movement founded by Levi Dowling Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title ACCU . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ACCU&oldid=1156844216 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
25-473: The protection of illegal drug crops and laboratories. The ACCU systematically eliminated left-wing sympathizers and peasant activists opposed to the farmers. After Fidel Castaño's disappearance, his brother Carlos took over the ACCU and eventually led it to the formation of the United Self-Defenders of Colombia (AUC), which grouped other small paramilitary armies organized throughout Colombia. Within
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