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Colombian legislator sentenced to 36 years for plotting murder of journalist
Source: Associated Press
Colombian legislator sentenced to 36 years for plotting murder of journalist
Associated Press in Bogotá
Thursday 25 June 2015 23.30 BST
Ferney Tapasco was convicted over the 2002 shooting death of Orlando Sierra, an editor of La Patria, after years of delays and a series of questioned rulings
A Colombian court has sentenced a state legislator to 36 years and three months in prison as the mastermind behind the killing of a well-known journalist.
Ferney Tapasco was convicted in the 2002 shooting death of Orlando Sierra, the deputy editor of La Patria newspaper in Manizales, about 165km (102 miles) north-east of Bogotá. The sentence was announced on Wednesday.
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Associated Press in Bogotá
Thursday 25 June 2015 23.30 BST
Ferney Tapasco was convicted over the 2002 shooting death of Orlando Sierra, an editor of La Patria, after years of delays and a series of questioned rulings
A Colombian court has sentenced a state legislator to 36 years and three months in prison as the mastermind behind the killing of a well-known journalist.
Ferney Tapasco was convicted in the 2002 shooting death of Orlando Sierra, the deputy editor of La Patria newspaper in Manizales, about 165km (102 miles) north-east of Bogotá. The sentence was announced on Wednesday.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/25/colombia-orlando-sierra-murder-ferney-tapasco