Hmmmm...It appears the cartels are up to their old tricks.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Hunted by an assassination squad, a founder of Colombia's right-wing paramilitary movement was on the run Tuesday in a remote corner of the country after members of his own group stripped him of power and allegedly turned on him.

Assistant Attorney General Andres Ramirez said rival factions of the feared paramilitary forces appear to be behind the attempt to kill Carlos Castano, a well-known figure who has waged a brutal war against leftist rebels.

On Friday, paramilitary gunmen attacked a ranch in the humid lowlands of northwestern Colombia where Castano was hiding out, killing at least six of his bodyguards, Ramirez said, citing an witness.

The description of the attack came from one of Castano's bodyguards who was wounded in the leg during the shootout and is being guarded by Colombian security forces in a hospital in Apartado, in northwest Colombia, Ramirez said on local radio.

"What we can say up to this point is that (Castano) fled with two of his bodyguards," Ramirez said.

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