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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2012
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Former Salvadoran military official pleads guilty to lying
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Inocente Orlando Montano, a former Salvadoran military officer, arrives at federal court in Boston. Montano, accused of colluding in the 1989 slayings of six Jesuit priests, admitted Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 in federal court in Boston that he lied to U.S. immigration officials, a guilty plea that could allow him to be extradited to Spain for prosecution in the killings.
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BOSTON — A former Salvadoran military official accused of colluding in the 1989 slavings of six lesuit priests admitted Tuesday that he lied to U.S. immigration officials, a guilty plea that could allow him to be extradited to Spain for prosecution in the killings.
Inocente Orlando Montano was among 20 Salvadorans indicted in Spain last year for their alleged roles in the killings during El Salvador's 12-year civil war. Montano has denied any involvement in the assassinations.
Montano, now 70, had lived in the Boston area for about a decade when he was arrested last year on immigration charges. Once a high-ranking military official, he said he had been working at a candy factory in the U.S.
Under a deal with prosecutors, Montano pleaded guilty to three counts of immigration fraud and three counts of perjury. He admitted he lied when he applied for temporary protected status, a designation that allows some foreigners to stay in the United States if they are unable to safely return to their own country because of an armed conflict or other reasons.
Government attorneys say sentencing guidelines call for up to two years in prison. Montano's lawyer said he expects to argue
at the Dec. 18 sentencing hearing that the guidelines call for less.
Carolyn Patty Blum, senior legal adviser for The Center for Justice and Accountability, a San
Francisco-based human rights organization, said Montano was one of the most powerful military officials in El Salvador when the priests were killed.
"We believe he was involved in all the meetings in which the assassination was discussed, planned and ordered," she said.
In May 2011, a Spanish judge indicted 20 suspects and issued international arrest warrants.
The U.S. government has not indicated whether it would extradite Montano to Spain. A spokeswoman for the Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.
Blum said the group is hoping the government will honor the extradition request while Montano is serving his U.S. prison sentence.
"There is no requirement and/ or law for them to wait until he finishes his sentence," she said.
Assistant U.S. Attorney John Capin said Montana lied about his entry date into the United States so he could be eligible to receive temporary protected status.
Montano, who was living in Everett when he was arrested, acknowledged in response to questions from a judge that he was a military officer in El Salvador and held the high position of vice minister for public security from 1989 to 1992. He admitted he lied on immigration forms.
"I wished to stay here to work," he said through an interpreter.
In pleading guilty, Montano "is not acknowledging or making any admissions" to any crimes other
than the immigration charges, said his lawyer, Oscar Cruz. He said the plea agreement does not preclude Montano from fighting extradition.
Capin said prosecutors plan to argue at sentencing that Montana's lies were "motivated by his desire to conceal human rights violations he participated in El Salvador."
U. S. District Judge Douglas Woodlock said he will consider evidence on why Montano came to the United States when he sentences Montano.
"Motive is something that I will consider." Woodlock said.
Miguel Montenegro, director of Salvador's Human Rights Commission, a nongovernmental body that aids victims and investigates allegations of rights violations, said the commission was eager to support anyone trying to prosecute Montano.
"We aren't going to let up under any circumstances," he said. "We support any effort, wherever it comes from, because we believe it's right that people implicated in these types of acts are prosecuted, whether these types of crimes committed by these military men are prosecuted here in our country or in another country."
The guilty plea reinforce the message that the United States won't ignore alleged foreign crimes by people who seek to live here, said John Morton, director
of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
"ICE will not allow our shores to be a place of refuge for those who persecute and oppress others." Morton said.
IMMIGRATION
Hotel owners arrested for hiring illegal labor
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A federal prosecutor says the arrests of two suburban Kansas City hotel owners for knowingly employing illegal immigrants sends a signal that cutting corners to gain a competitive advantage won't be tolerated.
U. S. Attorney Barry Grissom on Tuesday announced charges against 51-year-old Munir Ahmad Chaudary and his wife, 40-year-old Rhonda Bridge. Their two companies and a man who worked for them also were named in the indictment.
Grissom says the Overland Park, Kan. couple owned Clarion Hotels in Overland Park and near Kansas City International Airport in Missouri. He says the government is seeking to have the hotels — with an estimated combined value of around $5 million — forfeited to the government.
Chaudary and Bridge were expected to be released after making a court appearance Tuesday.
CRIME
Man killed by silicone injection in penis
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— a procedure experts cautioned doesn't work.
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey woman pleaded not guilty Tuesday to causing a man's death with an injection of silicone he hoped would enlarge his penis
to prosecutors.
Kasia Rivera, 35, could face up to ten years in prison if convicted of reckless manslaughter in the death of 22-year-old Justin Street.
Street, a father of two, had gone to Rivera on May 5 seeking a penile enlargement procedure, which prosecutors say Rivera advertised for in fliers posted at local businesses. Rivera, who performed the procedures in her apartment, allegedly with no medical license or training, administered a silicone shot to Street's penis, according
Street died the next day. His death was ruled a homicide following an investigation and a medical examiner's determination that he died of a silicone embolism. Rivera was indicted by a grand jury last month.
Investigators believe Rivera may have conducted similar unauthorized procedures out of her East Orange apartment, but prosecutors said a search for witnesses, and a public plea for people to step forward, had not yielded any other clients to date.
Rivera, who remains free on $75,000 bail, declined to comment through her court-appointed attorney Tuesday. Both Rivera and Street were from East Orange, and the case is being heard in Superior Court in neighboring Newark.
Daniel Elliott, an associate professor of urology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., said it was the first case he heard of involving a silicone injection to the penis, but he's dealt with similar cases where patients had attempted to enlarge their penises with injections of fat or other substances.
None of it works, Elliott emphasized, adding that there is no medical justification for the procedure.
Enhancement procedures performed by unlicensed practitioners or people with no medical training are more commonly seen among
"If there were a legitimate method for penile lengthening, Johnson & Johnson or Pfizer would have bought it up and made billions and billions of dollars worldwide," Elliott said. "The fact that they don't means it does not exist."
women, Elliott said.
Liquid silicone is sought on the black market by women seeking to enhance their figures, even though it is not approved for cosmetic injections. Besides liquid silicone, injections of substances including paraffin, petroleum jelly and hydrogel have been illegally used to enlarge women's breasts, hips and buttocks.
In February 2011, a woman from London died after receiving cosmetic injections to enlarge her buttocks at a hotel near Philadelphia International Airport. Philadelphia police said 20-year-old Claudia Aderotimi died after she and a friend arranged online to receive injections. Aderotini died after complaining of chest pain and difficulty breathing following the procedure.
Kasia Rivera of East Orange, N.J., who is facing charges of reckless manslaughter for allegedly causing a man's death with an injection of silicone he hoped would enlarge his penis.
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