Accused war criminal faces extradition to U.S.
Posted Aug 29, 2011 9:59 pm.
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An extradition hearing in Calgary for an accused Guatemalan war criminal has heard witnesses saw him kill villagers with a sledgehammer.
A justice department lawyer says the confidential witnesses saw Jorge Sosa throw the bodies down a well.
Sosa, who holds Canadian and American citizenship, has been in custody since January and faces extradition to the U.S.
He is accused of lying to American Immigration when he applied for citizenship.
The 53-year-old is also wanted in Guatemala for his alleged involvement in attacks on a village in which more than 200 men, women and children were massacred in 1982.
The lawyer says there is evidence women and young girls were raped and infants and children were killed first.
