Sunday, November 29, 2009

Colombia jails death squad general over massacre

By Andrea

A Colombian court has recently sentenced a retired army general Jaime Humberto Uscátegui to 40 years of imprisonment. The former general was found guilty of murdering some 50 civilians in the village of Mapiripán during a five-day period in July 1997. His sentence is considered the longest ever for an army officer in Colombia.


Sources:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/26/former-colombian-general-jailed-massacre
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8380025.stm

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