Once darkness falls the only people on the streets of Paris are workers heading home. More than 80 people have been killed in AUC attacks for control of the barrio since February this year.
Paris, Medellin.




Some youths escape the reality they live with drugs.
Paris, Medellin.


Local gang members keep watch over a neighborhood where paramilitaries have been attacking and killing youths who wash buses or work as bus drivers. Many of the dead are not involved with gang activities.Paris, Medellin.


Grafitti by the ELN (Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional) one of Colombia's armed left wing groups saying "We will win" has been crossed out by the AUC, Colombia's principal right wing paramilitary group (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia.) Medellin.


Barrio youth. Only a few are permitted to own guns. The local banda "Los Muchachos" strictly control guns in Paris.
Paris, Medellin.


Watching for AUC. Paris, Medellin.