Five soldiers jailed for 7,710 years

Source: Yahoo Maktoob

A Guatemalan court on Tuesday ordered five former paramilitaries to 7,710 years each in prison for their part in a 1982 massacre of 256 Indians during the country's civil war.

Judge Jazmi Barrios gave each of the soldiers 30 years for each person killed in the massacre plus 30 for crimes against humanity, saying the group acted with "wickedness and cruelty" towards their victims.

Four of the defendants were part of the Civil Self-Defense Patrols (PAC) while the fifth served as military commissioner.

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