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September 24, 2012

Ex-Guatemalan Soldier Extradited to U.S. 
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A former Guatemalan army commander accused in a 1982 massacre has been
extradited from Canada to the United States to face charges he lied
about his past to obtain U.S. citizenship. Jorge Sosa was allegedly a
commanding officer during the notorious Dos Erres killings, when a
U.S.-backed death squad killed more than 200 villagers, including women
and children who were strangled, beaten with sledgehammers, and thrown
down a well. If convicted, Sosa could be returned to Guatemala to face
charges there after serving his sentence.

 

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