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Matt Eisenbrandt: Guatemalan Authorities

Jorge Vinicio Orantes Sosa Dept: Jorge Vinicio Orantes Sosa has been ordered extradited to the United States to face immigration charges, but is also wanted by Guatemalan authorities for an alleged massacre of civilians in the village of Dos Erres during that country s civil war, according to The Star. And Matt Eisenbrandt of the Canadian Centre of International Justice says that won t change, even with the recent convictions in Guatemala of several other soldiers who were involved in Dos Erres and cALGARY A human rights group says Canada is still a safer bet when it comes to trying an accused Guatemalan war criminal facing extradition in Calgary. Human rights groups have been lobbying to have Sosa tried in Canada, fearing justice may not be served in the Central American country. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.