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U.S. District Court Judge Virginia A. Phillips: Jorge Sosa

Jorge Sosa: U.S. District Court Judge Virginia A. Phillips also stripped 55-year-old Jorge Sosa of his U.S. citizenship. , according to CBC. Sosa used to work as a martial arts instructor in Riverside County. He was arrested in Lethbridge, Alta. in 2011 he is also a Canadian citizen and extradited to face charges in the U.S. A former Guatemalan special forces soldier arrested in Alberta and extradited to the U.S. was sentenced to 10 years in prison for lying on his U.S. citizenship papers about his alleged role in a civil war massacre. Sosa was convicted last year of lying on his 2007 naturalization application about his role in the Guatemalan military and alleged participation in the killing of at least 160 people in the village of Dos Erres in 1982. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.