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Jorge Vinicio Orantes Sosa: Sosa

United States Dept: Jorge Vinicio Orantes Sosa was arrested while visiting family in Lethbridge, Alta., two years ago. The 54-year-old was ordered extradited to the United States to face immigration charges. He's accused of lying to immigration officials about his military past when he applied for U.S. citizenship and was deported to the United States last September, according to Vancouver Sun. "Given the evidence that we've seen, Sosa is not someone who should be entitled to be a Canadian citizen. We would hope the Canadian government would take that step to revoke his citizenship," said Matt Eisenbrandt, legal director for the Canadian Centre for International Justice and cALGARY - A human rights group wants the Canadian government to take immediate steps to revoke the citizenship of an accused Guatemalan war criminal who lost his bid to have the Supreme Court of Canada review his extradition to the United States. Sosa, who held both Canadian and U.S. citizenship, is also wanted by Guatemalan authorities for the alleged massacre of civilians in the village of Dos Erres during that country's civil war. It's alleged that 251 men, women and children were killed. The military unit believed the village was under rebel control and that its inhabitants were responsible for an ambush on soldiers and the theft of 20 rifles. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.