International Legal News - Latin America

Colombia / United States

Contractor for U.S.-Based Company Sentenced for Murder of Colombian Labor Leaders

The Associated Press

A former contractor for the U.S.-based Drummond coal company has been sentenced to nearly 38 years in prison in Colombia as the mastermind of the 2001 killing of two union leaders.

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Guatemala

Former Guatemala Dictator to Stand Trial for Genocide

The Associated Press

A former U.S.-backed dictator who presided over one of the bloodiest periods of Guatemala's civil war will stand trial on charges he ordered the murder, torture and displacement of thousands of Mayan Indians, a judge ruled Monday.

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France / Mexico

Mexican Supreme Court Ruling Exposes Division of Public Opinion Over Justice System

The Associated Press

Mexicans are engaged in soul searching over their flawed justice system as newly freed Florence Cassez, who had been sentenced to 60 years for belonging to a kidnapping ring, makes the celebrity circuit in her native France.

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Netherlands / United States / Venezuela

Judge says Miami-Dade Is No Place for Venezuelan Dispute

Daily Business Review

Basing much of her ruling on the forum non conveniens analysis established by the Florida Supreme Court in Kenney System v. Continental Insurance, a Miami-Dade Circuit Court judge has found that a complex deal hatched in Caracas has no business in a Florida courtroom. The Venezuelan companies that consummated the deal plan to appeal the judge's ejection of their $72 million complaint.

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El Salvador / United States

Sentencing Delayed for Former Salvadoran Officer With Alleged Ties to Murder of Priests

The National Law Journal

A Boston federal judge has delayed sentencing a former El Salvadoran military officer for immigration and perjury offenses because he wants further briefing on allegations about the officer's link to the 1989 killing of six Jesuit priests.

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