Spain court seeks extradition of Guatemalan massacre suspect

[JURIST] A Spanish court issued an international arrest warrant on Monday for the extradition of Jose Sosa Orantes, a former Guatemalan soldier being held in Canada for his involvement in a 1982 massacre during Guatemala’s 36-year civil war [GlobalSecurity backgrounder]. Arrested in Canada [AP report] in January for lying on his US citizen application about his ties to the Guatemalan military, Sosa now faces charges of crimes against humanity for the killing of more than 250 people in the village…