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Italian Court Says Eritrean Human Trafficking Suspect Is Wrong Man

Sabina Castelfranco

   ROME - A court in the Sicilian capital, Palermo, ruled Friday that the
   Eritrean man extradited from Sudan to Italy because he was suspected of
   being a human trafficking kingpin known as "the General" was a victim
   of mistaken identity.

   Eritrean citizen Medhanie Tesfamariam Behre was arrested in a coffee
   shop in Khartoum and extradited from Sudan three years ago. Italian
   authorities believed he was a human trafficking kingpin, but the court
   ruled it was a case of mistaken identity.

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