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Wikipedia May 18, 2026 at 05:57 PM

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Search Bloc, the Colombian Special Forces
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The Search Bloc was not simply “the Colombian Special Forces.” It was a specific ad hoc search unit led by police and other state personnel.

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This description inaccurately labels the Search Bloc.

Official and historical sources describe the Search Bloc as a specific task force/unit, not as a synonym for "the Colombian Special Forces." Colombia’s Truth Commission says that after Escobar’s escape, the Bloque de Búsqueda was formed and was "integrado por la Policía y algunos miembros del Ejército, la Fuerza Aérea y agentes del DAS"—that is, a mixed search force including police and some members of other agencies. Infobae similarly describes it as "una unidad de operaciones especiales de la Policía Nacional".

So calling Search Bloc "the Colombian Special Forces" is incorrect because it collapses a particular, mixed task force into the much broader idea of Colombia’s special forces as a whole.

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