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Jorge Sosa Orantes

Jorge Sosa Orantes: Jorge Sosa Orantes, 55, formerly of Lethbridge, Alta., faces up to 15 years imprisonment for making false statements on a 2008 application for U.S. citizenship, according to The Star. Sosa, who lived in Canada and acquired citizenship in this country before moving to California in 2007, fled the United States for Alberta in June 2010, when it became clear U.S. federal authorities were preparing for his arrest and A federal jury in Riverside, Calif., has issued a guilty verdict that will send a Canadian citizen and alleged Guatemalan war criminal to prison but not for war crimes. He is to be sentenced on Dec. 9. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.