Jorge Vinicio Orantes Sosa, Accused Guatemala War Criminal, Used Sledgehammer To Kill Unarmed Villag

[Judi Lynn]

Jorge Vinicio Orantes Sosa, Accused Guatemala War Criminal, Used Sledgehammer To Kill Unarmed Villagers
First Posted: 8/29/11 05:36 PM ET Updated: 8/29/11 06:06 PM ET

CALGARY - A man accused of war crimes in Guatemala used a sledgehammer to slaughter unarmed villagers during that country's civil war and threw their bodies down a well, a Calgary extradition hearing heard Monday.

Jorge Vinicio Orantes Sosa was arrested earlier this year in Lethbridge, Alta., and is accused of lying to American immigration authorities about whether he had committed a crime or been a member of a military organization when he applied for U.S. citizenship.

The 53-year-old, who is both a U.S. and Canadian citizen, is wanted by Guatemalan authorities for his alleged involvement in attacks on the village of Dos Erres in which more than 200 men, women and children were massacred in 1982.

Federal Justice Department lawyer Cynthia Dickins laid out in detail the legal case on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice at an extradition hearing Monday.

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