WASHINGTON (AP) — A former commander in the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia faces 27 years in prison for holding three American citizens hostage after their single-engine plane crash-landed in the Colombia jungle in 2003.
Alexander Beltran Herrera’s sentencing by a federal judge comes 2 1/2 years after his extradition to the United States. Last March, the 38-year-old Herrera pleaded guilty to three counts of hostage taking and aiding and abetting.
According to court papers in the case, Herrera joined the FARC in 1994, rose to company commander and was in charge of 50 guerrillas before deserting in 2009.
Seventeen others charged in the case are still at large.
Ex-FARC commander sentenced to 27 years in prison
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