Judge approves bid to revoke Canadian citizenship over man’s hidden role in massacre
2026/02/07 2 Comments
Right call. Misrepresentation prior to becoming a citizen clear grounds for revocation but crimes committed after becoming a citizen are Canada’s responsibility:
A judge has approved a federal bid to revoke the Canadian citizenship of a former member of the Guatemalan military who took part in the murder of villagers.
In a ruling Thursday, Federal Court Justice Roger Lafrenière said Jorge Vinicio Sosa Orantes deceived Canadian immigration officials throughout the permanent residence application process and obtained his Canadian citizenship by fraud.
The federal government went to court in 2017 seeking declarations that would effectively strip Sosa of his citizenship and make him inadmissible to Canada.
Lafrenière granted both declarations.
A bloody, decades-long conflict between Guatemalan government forces and guerrillas intensified in the early 1980s.
Canada said Sosa, now 67, was a senior member of a military special forces group that led a mission to the Guatemalan village of Las Dos Erres in December 1982 to interrogate residents about some missing rifles. …
Source: Judge approves bid to revoke Canadian citizenship over man’s hidden role in massacre
About Andrew
Multicultural Meanderings 
I agree. But why did it take so long for Canada to discover the truth. Surely the PR process has some sort of vetting?
Well, no vetting system is perfect but one would hope to see fewer cases like this