Selena M. Salcedo

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Selena M. Salcedo was an United States soldier, who pled guilty to abuse that contributed to the deaths in custody of two Afghani prisoners, Habibullah and Dilawar, on December 4, 2002 and December 10, 2002.[1] Salcedo was a member of the 519th Military Intelligence Battalion, serving under Lieutenant Carolyn Wood.

Salcedo had been a Sergeant at the time of the deaths. Following her conviction she was reduced in rank to Specialist.[2] She received a letter of reprimand, and was docked $250 of her pay, for four months. Salcedo was not sentenced to any jail time.

Main article: Bagram torture and prisoner abuse

The New York Times wrote a long article on the abuse at Bagram, based on 2,000-page classified report they had acquired a copy of. That article both quotes statements Salcedo gave the Times, and quotes statements by Salcedo or about Salcedo from the classified report.[3]

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  1. ↑  No Prison for Soldier Guilty of Detainee Abuse, Fox News, August 17, 2005
  2. ↑  Soldier jailed for abusing Afghan], The Age, August 24, 2005
  3. ↑  In US Report, Brutal Details of 2 Afghan Inmates' Deaths, originally published by the New York Times, May 21, 2005, mirrored by Veterans for common sense
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