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Guatemala Sentences Ex-soldier To Over 5,000 Years In Prison by drewsman: 10:11pm On Nov 22, 2018 |
Symbolic 5,160-year prison term is handed down for a massacre during Guatemala's civil war. A Guatemalan court has sentenced a former soldier to 5,160 years in prison for a massacre during one of the worst atrocities of the Central American nation's civil war. The court on Wednesday sentenced Santos Lopez to 30 years for each of the 171 killings, or 5,130 years in total. He received an additional 30 years in jail linked to the killing of a surviving child, but the sentences are symbolic because Guatemala's maximum prison term is 50 years. Lopez was a member of a counterinsurgency force trained by the United States, called Kaibil. He was arrested in the US and deported in 2016. According to the investigation, Lopez belonged to a patrol that committed the massacre in December 1982 in Dos Erres, on the border with Mexico . The soldiers were trying to recover about 20 rifles stolen by rebels during an earlier ambush which killed 19 troops. 'Finding Oscar' The story of Dos Erres was told in the 2017 documentary "Finding Oscar", executive-produced by Steven Spielberg, which recounts the search for another boy whose life was spared and who was then raised by one of the soldiers. A handful of other "Kaibiles" have been convicted, each receiving a sentence of more than 6,000 years in prison. Three others convicted for the slaughter were jailed in the US for immigration violations. Several others are believed to reside in the US. The massacre occurred during the rule of Efrain Rios Montt, who himself was indicted on charges of genocide and died in April. Montt allegedly ordered the murders of 1,771 indigenous Ixil-Maya people during his short reign in 1982-83, which came at the height of the 36-year civil war. According to the United Nations, about 200,000 people died or were made to disappear during Guatemala's war, which ended in 1996. Source : https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/11/guatemala-sentences-soldier-5000-years-prison-181122083925821.html
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Re: Guatemala Sentences Ex-soldier To Over 5,000 Years In Prison by GOFRONT(m): 10:19pm On Nov 22, 2018 |
Haba....5'000 years Ayamnotu understanding |
Re: Guatemala Sentences Ex-soldier To Over 5,000 Years In Prison by bitcoin215: 10:56pm On Nov 22, 2018 |
What sin has he committed that warranted that. |
Re: Guatemala Sentences Ex-soldier To Over 5,000 Years In Prison by Auxtin85(m): 1:11am On Nov 23, 2018 |
How will that judge feel whenever he remembers he sentenced a man to 5000 yrs imprisonment. He has also sentenced his own conscience to jail |
Re: Guatemala Sentences Ex-soldier To Over 5,000 Years In Prison by Hoodbilonia: 6:25am On Nov 23, 2018 |
no hope wud neva see d light of day again |
Re: Guatemala Sentences Ex-soldier To Over 5,000 Years In Prison by Abaje195(m): 7:55am On Nov 23, 2018 |
too bad |
Re: Guatemala Sentences Ex-soldier To Over 5,000 Years In Prison by drewsman: 8:09am On Nov 23, 2018 |
Auxtin85:My brother, the judge didn't do anything wrong. Read the news again Guatemalan court has sentenced a former soldier to 5,160 years in prison for a massacre during one of the worst atrocities of the Central American nation's civil war. The court on Wednesday sentenced Santos Lopez to 30 years for each of the 171 killings, or 5,130 years in total. He received an additional 30 years in jail linked to the killing of a surviving child, but the sentences are symbolic because Guatemala's maximum prison term is 50 years. Lopez was a member of a counterinsurgency force trained by the United States, called Kaibil. He was arrested in the US and deported in 2016. According to the investigation, Lopez belonged to a patrol that committed the massacre in December 1982 in Dos Erres, on the border with Mexico . |
Re: Guatemala Sentences Ex-soldier To Over 5,000 Years In Prison by drewsman: 8:10am On Nov 23, 2018 |
bitcoin215:He massacred hundreds of people |
Re: Guatemala Sentences Ex-soldier To Over 5,000 Years In Prison by drewsman: 8:11am On Nov 23, 2018 |
GOFRONT:Read the news again you will understand |
Re: Guatemala Sentences Ex-soldier To Over 5,000 Years In Prison by Auxtin85(m): 10:33am On Nov 23, 2018 |
Yes I dropped a comment before reading that was ridiculous. |
Re: Guatemala Sentences Ex-soldier To Over 5,000 Years In Prison by Auxtin85(m): 10:33am On Nov 23, 2018 |
drewsman: Yes I dropped a comment before reading that was ridiculous. |
Re: Guatemala Sentences Ex-soldier To Over 5,000 Years In Prison by drewsman: 10:57pm On Nov 23, 2018 |
Auxtin85: He deserved it jare and even more |
Re: Guatemala Sentences Ex-soldier To Over 5,000 Years In Prison by Nobody: 11:10pm On Nov 23, 2018 |
Even the soldier's grave will be the State prison's property till 5000 years? Haba! |
Re: Guatemala Sentences Ex-soldier To Over 5,000 Years In Prison by drewsman: 3:09am On Nov 25, 2018 |
OkaNaUbe:After then, his bones will now be set free Lols |
Re: Guatemala Sentences Ex-soldier To Over 5,000 Years In Prison by Gisters: 3:36am On Nov 25, 2018 |
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