Follow-up: Mistrial declared in “Simon Trinidad” case

In today’s “Daily Headlines” post we mentioned that a U.S. jury convicted a Colombian guerilla leader on kidnapping charges. Yet that same jury earlier today declared a mistrial on terrorism charges against Ricardo Palmera, a.k.a. “Simon Trinidad.” In doing so, the jury was unsure if Palmera was directly involved in the kidnapping of three U.S. contractors in 2003, though yesterday’s conviction did find him guilty of being the mastermind of that kidnapping.

Palmera will soon face trial over drug charges relating to his time in charge of the guerilla faction known as the FARC.

Sources- Guardian UK, The Latin Americanist

Image- BBC News