Complex sentence: Authority in the village was turned over to Ljuban Devetak, a member of "Dušan Silni" paramilitaries, styled as the commander of the village, but the JNA remained in overall control of the entire region.
Split into simpler sentences: Authority in the village was turned over to Ljuban Devetak, a member of the "Dušan Silni" paramilitaries. He was styled as the commander of the village, but the JNA remained in overall control of the entire region.