The AUC's armed inclination is to the right; they exist to maintain the interests of the Colombian landowning class, and thus have always been at odds with both the ELN and FARC armed organizations. It is rumored they have military support in the background.
Song Heping had no doubts about that, having clashed with them before and witnessed military troops assisting the AUC in the pursuit and attempted killing of himself and his teammates.
From what Morins shared, it turned out that during the days when he and Morins were besieged in the jungle, everyone on the outside had thought Morins was dead.
As a result, the ELN was in a state of headless chaos. Seizing this opportunity, the AUC launched attacks on two of ELN's camps, killing over a hundred ELN members and injuring more than three hundred.
They directly took over a piece of territory near Northern Clavoh from the ELN.