FOR USE WITH FEATURE PACKAGE FOR MONDAY, NOV. 18--A paramilitary unit patrols the hills in northern Uraba, a Colombian farming region on the Atlantic coast near Panama, Oct. 27, 1996. Private armies, who operate with the military's tacit support, are bankrolled by landowners seeking protection against well-armed insurgents who block roads, raid small towns and kidnap for ransom. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)