Guatemala: Jorge Sosa Orantes

Jorge Sosa Orantes: Jorge Sosa Orantes, 55, was also stripped of his U.S. citizenship in the decision by U.S. District Judge Virginia A. Phillips. Originally from Guatemala, Sosa holds both Guatemalan and Canadian citizenship, in addition to his now revoked U.S. status, according to The Star. As many as 200 Indians in the village of Dos Erres were brutally murdered on Dec. 7, 1982, by an elite unit of the Guatemalan army known as los kaibiles . A second lieutenant in the unit at the time, Sosa participated in the crime according to other soldiers involved in the killings, although he continues to maintain his innocence and An alleged Guatemalan war criminal with close Canadian connections will spend up to 10 years in a U.S. jail, following a sentencing decision handed down Monday in Riverside, Calif., where he had been living. The 10-year prison term was the maximum sentence faced by the former Guatemalan army officer, who was convicted last fall of lying on his 2007 U.S. citizenship application when he failed to disclose his involvement in an infamous peasant massacre in northern Guatemala more than three decades ago. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.