Bogota - Colombia's right-wing death squads, blamed for some of the worst atrocities in the country's 37-year-old war, said yesterday they were forming a nationwide political movement.
In a 10-page document posted on their Web site, the outlawed United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) - a brutal vigilante army that targets leftist guerrillas and suspected collaborators - said the time was right to meld their military offensive with social and political activity.