Pescatore v. Pineda

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA __________________________________ ) OLIVIA PESCATORE, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 08-2245 (RMC) ) JUVENAL OVIDIO RICARDO ) PALMERA PINEDA, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) __________________________________ ) MEMORANDUM OPINION Frank Thomas Pescatore, Jr., was kidnapped in 1996, held for ransom, and ultimately killed by the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC). Members of the Pescatore family (Plaintiffs) sued FARC and senior FARC commander Juvenal Ovidio Ricardo Palmera Pineda under the Antiterrorism Act,

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