Canada tries to strip citizenship from man accused of butchering villagers with grenade, gun and sle
Canada tries to strip citizenship from man accused of butchering villagers with grenade, gun and sledgehammer
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press | April 17, 2017 12:09 AM ET
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OTTAWA — Canada is moving to strip citizenship from a man accused of slaughtering villagers in Guatemala using a grenade, gun and sledgehammer.
Jorge Vinicio Sosa Orantes concealed his brutal role in a 1982 massacre by the Guatemalan military in obtaining Canadian citizenship a decade later, the federal government says in newly filed court documents.
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The army would typically circle a village, seal it off, gather the people and separate men and women before killing villagers.
“Destruction of property, torture, sexual violence towards women and minors was widespread and systematic during these operations,” the court submission says.
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