In the case of the 2006 Colombian elections paramilitaries were both ideologically close to the incumbent, and used by right-wing politicians as a tool to "promote" Uribe's candidacy.
En el caso de las elecciones colombianas de 2006, los paramilitares estaban cercanos ideológicamente al presidente en turno, y usaron a los políticos de derecha como herramienta para "promover" la candidatura de Uribe.