Kimberly Rivera

Kimberly Rivera: COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - A soldier in the U.S. Army who fled to Canada to avoid a second tour of duty in Iraq has been sentenced to 10 months in prison. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. The 30-year-old has said she became disillusioned with the U.S. mission in Iraq while serving there in 2006. United States Iraq war resister Kimberly Rivera speaks at a press conference in Toronto on Friday, August 31, 2012. Rivera, an American soldier who fled to Canada after she became disillusioned with the Iraq war is to be court-martialled Monday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim Kimberly Rivera pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of desertion and was sentenced to the prison term and received a bad-conduct discharge. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.