Ex-paramilitary leader sentenced to 20 years in prison
Ex-paramilitary leader sentenced to 20 years in prison
Tuesday, 25 September 2012 10:45 Caitlin Trent
Former paramilitary leader, Salvatore Mancuso, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the murder of a Colombian lawyer.
Mancuso, a notorious ex-AUC paramilitary leader, was convicted for the murder of Stella Viancha Martha Rangel. Mancuso agreed to a plea bargain from the prosecutor, accepting responsibility as co-author of the murder that occurred in April 2003, according to the Colombian prosecutor general's office.
A lawyer of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Responsiblity prosecuted the much anticipated case, charging Mancuso with, among others, aggravated conspiracy, kidnapping and murder.
The murdered lawyer was kidnapped from the organization where she worked, near the Venezuelan border. She was found hours later, dead on an airport runway with two gunshot wounds to her head, according to newspaper El Heraldo.
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