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03-19-2009, 06:40 PM
Ballistic tests on the barrel of the assault rifle that was supposedly used to kill six foreigners in the community of Paya in Peravia province were negative, according to Diario Libre. This complicates the case that has been described as the most important settling of accounts that has occurred in the country in the last 50 years. Sailors being held in Najayo prison say that they were offered US$200,000 to keep quiet about the mafia chiefs who acted in the killing of the seven Colombians, but they refused.
At the same time, it is rumored that the sole survivor of the massacre, Nicaraguan Orin Clinton Gomez Halford left the country some time ago.
A report presented to Attorney General Radhames Jimenez that is due for release soon, may well complicate the case even further. Now, it seems that the relatives of Frederick Medina Abud, a former National Police major involved in the killing released a letter supposedly written by the sole survivor of the massacre, and apparently exonerates the former policeman. The handwritten letter, said to be "full of spelling mistakes", was supposedly sent to Medina Abud last 19 February by Nicaraguan Orin Clinton Gomez Halford. According to the letter, Gomez Halford said that he had mistakenly identified Medina Abud as one of the participants in the massacre because he was in a convalescent state.
Medina Abud has been held in the public jail at Najayo since last September after being remanded in protective custody for 18 months. Together with Medina Abud, seven members of the Navy and six civilians are in jail; the former are accused of committing the crime and the latter for planning it.
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At the same time, it is rumored that the sole survivor of the massacre, Nicaraguan Orin Clinton Gomez Halford left the country some time ago.
A report presented to Attorney General Radhames Jimenez that is due for release soon, may well complicate the case even further. Now, it seems that the relatives of Frederick Medina Abud, a former National Police major involved in the killing released a letter supposedly written by the sole survivor of the massacre, and apparently exonerates the former policeman. The handwritten letter, said to be "full of spelling mistakes", was supposedly sent to Medina Abud last 19 February by Nicaraguan Orin Clinton Gomez Halford. According to the letter, Gomez Halford said that he had mistakenly identified Medina Abud as one of the participants in the massacre because he was in a convalescent state.
Medina Abud has been held in the public jail at Najayo since last September after being remanded in protective custody for 18 months. Together with Medina Abud, seven members of the Navy and six civilians are in jail; the former are accused of committing the crime and the latter for planning it.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#15)