Guatemala Massacre Suspect Faces Charges In Riverside

RIVERSIDE (AP) — A Southern California martial arts instructor wanted in Guatemala for his alleged role in a 1982 massacre during that country's civil war has been arrested in Canada and is awaiting extradition to the U.S.

The Riverside Press-Enterprise reports Monday that Jorge Sosa, a former member of a special Guatemalan military unit called the "Kaibiles," was indicted in September in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana for immigration crimes.

Court papers say Sosa was the commanding officer of a special military patrol that massacred villagers in Dos Erres on Dec. 7, 1982, while on a mission to recover weapons stolen by a guerrilla group.

An attorney for Sosa was not listed in the court file.

The newspaper says a man who answered the door at Sosa's Moreno Valley home declined to comment.

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