Antonio Campos Alum
Antonio Campos Alum (July 16, 1919 – February 14, 2012) was a Paraguayan politician and head of the National Directorate of Technical Affairs (Dirección Nacional de Asuntos Técnicos, DNAT), a law enforcement agency during the dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner. Early life Antonio Campos Alum was born in the agricultural department of Paraguarí, a conservative peasant region. He received a degree in law at the university of Asunción, and began a career as a lawyer. A staunch anti-communist, he became a member of the Colorado Party, the main conservative political force in the country. Following the 1947 civil war, Paraguay became a one-party state under the Colorado Party, with most opposition groups being banned and driven into exile. In 1954, General Alfredo Stroessner launched a coup d'état and took control of the government. Campos Alum became a strong supporter of the new regime, and began serving in the Ministry of Internal Affairs as the General Secretary of the Ministry. Under Stroessner In 1956 President Stroessner established a special service of the secret police, subordinate to the Ministry of Internal Affairs - the National Directorate of Technical Affairs (Dirección Nacional de Asuntos Técnicos, DNAT). Robert Thierry, a Pentagon official and veteran of