the main student leader from Boliviapointed out for having spent 33 years studying various careers but without graduating, was imprisoned on Saturday for improperly collecting a salary from the university union.
“The former university leader Max Mendozaby determination of the Public Ministry, he was apprehended,” announced the Minister of Government (Interior), Eduardo del Castillo.
Mendoza, 52 years old and president of the Bolivian University Confederation (CUB)“would have benefited irregularly” from a monthly salary of 21,870 bolivianos (regarding 3,150 dollars), according to the La Paz prosecutor, William Alave.
That salary is similar to that of a university president and even that of the president of Boliviawho earns regarding $3,500 a month.
Student since 1989
Mendoza He has attended several races since 1989has failed 200 subjects and got zero in more than 100.
The questioned leader had denied the accusations on Thursday, which he called “slander.” “We haven’t received a penny that wasn’t properly and legally,” he said.
His case gained notoriety following a stampede in a student assembly that left four dead and 70 injured amid disputes between groups.
The student leader he was appointed as one of the promoters of the assembly with the supposed purpose of favoring leaders loyal to him.
This Friday, fifty university students peacefully occupied the offices of the body chaired by Mendoza to ask for his resignation.
(AFP)
