Colombian Paramilitary Chief Says He Controlled University Leaders

A Colombian paramilitary leader's confession that he ordered an assassination at a public university and dictated university policy has focused national attention on outlaw organizations' interference in higher education.

Salvatore Mancuso, head of one of the most powerful right-wing paramilitary armies, made his declarations in court last month as part of a peace agreement with the government in which members of the paramilitary groups are to receive short prison sentences in return

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