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Soldiers sentenced to 30-50 years in Colombia
Source: Associated Press
Soldiers sentenced to 30-50 years in Colombia
AP foreign, Saturday May 26 2012
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A Colombian court has sentenced six soldiers to prison sentences of between 30 and 50 years for killing a mentally disabled man and falsely reporting his death as a guerrilla killed in combat.
The sentences handed down Friday come in one of the most emblematic human rights cases in Colombia in recent years.
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The case stems from the January 2008 disappearance of 26-year-old Fair (FAH-EAR) Leonardo Porras of Soacha, a town just south of Bogota. He was lured to the northeastern town of Ocana with the promise of a job and killed.
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AP foreign, Saturday May 26 2012
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A Colombian court has sentenced six soldiers to prison sentences of between 30 and 50 years for killing a mentally disabled man and falsely reporting his death as a guerrilla killed in combat.
The sentences handed down Friday come in one of the most emblematic human rights cases in Colombia in recent years.
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The case stems from the January 2008 disappearance of 26-year-old Fair (FAH-EAR) Leonardo Porras of Soacha, a town just south of Bogota. He was lured to the northeastern town of Ocana with the promise of a job and killed.
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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/10259527
