BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for the murder of an Iraqi National Guard soldier in northern Iraq earlier this year, the U.S. military says.
Specialist Federico Merida, from Briscoe, North Carolina, had pleaded guilty to murder and to making false official statements during his court martial, the Army said on Sunday.
As well as a prison sentence, he was dishonourably discharged and reduced in rank to private, a statement said.
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