"Local Colombian officials have accused two US soldiers, Michael J. Cohen and César Ruiz, of sexually assaulting a 12 year-old girl on Saturday August 25, 2007. The soldiers are stationed at the Tolemaida Airbase near Melgar, Tolima, as part of Plan Colombia (... )
"Although the investigation is still underway, Cohen, using the diplomatic immunity granted him under Plan Colombia, has fled the country. The Colombia Support Network, an US-based Colombia solidarity organization, claims that Cohen's flight was facilitated by the US government, an action which "appears to put US military personnel above the law [and] must be rescinded." (...)
"This is not the first instance of US Plan Colombia personnel behaving badly in Colombia"(...)
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Why are there US thugs raping women in Latin America? Is South America still a colony?
2007-10-11
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