Using a large, military-like structure and hierarchy, the Popular Revolutionary Antiterrorist Army of Colombia (Ejército Revolucionario Popular Antiterrorista Colombiano - ERPAC) controls vast territory in Colombia that it uses to process and store cocaine hydrochloride (HCL), then transport it to Venezuela to export via airplane or various seafaring vessels. The Popular Revolutionary Antiterrorist Army of Colombia (Ejército Revolucionario Popular Antiterrorista Colombiano - ERPAC) is one of several criminal organizations that began as a right-wing proxy of the Colombian government battling leftist guerrillas. Now, following a peace process with the government that, in this case failed, this same group is doing business with the rebels and other former paramilitary leaders.