Proceso de socialización en Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC): una perspectiva desde el excombatiente

Abstract

The constitution of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia was constituted as a determining historical fact that impacted the development of the conflict and the political, social, economic and cultural history of our country. If we approach this phenomenon, we will discover that as the dynamics of the conflict were transformed, the need arose to transform its protagonists, those militants from each pole, whose life was directly confronted in one of the most violent times of our history. This transformation in individuals is what draws attention within the present investigation, since it is in the midst of this that many processes are involved that would ultimately determine the construction of the subjective reality of an individual, more specifically, an ex-combatant paramilitary With the above, within this document the question is raised about the forms of socialization of the paramilitary structures, specifically the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia - AUC, who - as counterinsurgent armed actors - represent criminal conduct whose main modus operandi, according to the analyzes that have occurred on their behavior, part of a military strategy that permanently involves control over civil society through different strategies, which has led to ways of acting that deviate from the generality of the Colombian population. With this, it is intended to analyze through the discourse of high command, as well as the narratives and trajectories of life of the middle and low ranks, in which way a socialization can be developed and in the same way which are the most important discursive elements in this process.