Judge murdered in Colombia

[Judi Lynn]

Judge murdered in Colombia
Irish Sun
Wednesday 3rd March, 2010
(IANS)

Bogota, March 3 (IANS/EFE) A criminal court judge was murdered outside the building where he lived in Bogota by gunmen riding a motorcycle, Colombian police said.

Jose Fernando Patino was shot three times Monday outside the building in north Bogota and was pronounced dead at the scene, the Metropolitan Police said.

The judge recently served in Soacha, a city near the capital, and had been transferred to Fusagasuga, another city in central Colombia.

Patino did not handle any of the cases involving the extralegal executions of young men in Soacha, a judicial official in the Bogota suburb told EFE.

The so-called 'Soacha Case' involves about 20 young men lured for a supposed job but then later allegedly slain by Colombian army soldiers and presented as guerrillas killed in combat.

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