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‘Insult to his victims’: outrage as warlord appointed ‘peace manager’ in Colombia

‘Insult to his victims’: outrage as warlord appointed ‘peace manager’ in Colombia

Salvatore Mancuso, who is imprisoned in US, is responsible for more than 300 killings and is accused of about 75,000 crimes

Salvatore Mancuso is one of the most notorious figures in Colombia’s six decades of conflict, responsible for some of the most heinous of crimes during the darkest chapters in the country’s history.

As a senior commander of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) – the country’s largest rightwing death squad – he ordered forced disappearances, sexual violence and massacres of civilians.

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