Nicaragua prosecutor demands 17-year sentence for Colombian spy .
Nicaragua prosecutor demands 17-year sentence for Colombian spy .
Tuesday, 10 July 2012 08:17 Sarah Kinosian
Nicaragua's prosecutor general requested Monday that a Colombian man guilty of spying on the Central American country be sentenced to 17 years and six months in prison.
“That Mr. Luis Felipe Rios Castaño is declared guilty and with a sentence of up to 17 and a half years for the crimes of intrusion and revelation of state secrets,” said prosecutor Manuel Reyes before a Managua judge and a silent defendant.
Luis Felipe Rios, Castaño a 34-year-old Colombian national was arrested in Nicaragua’s capital Managua in mid-June after having been followed by the country’s authorities for over a year.
In closed-door proceedings later that month, Rios plead guilty to espionage and disclosure of state secrets.
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