A US national guardsman who pleaded guilty to killing a 17-year-old Iraqi soldier said he shot the young man after they had consensual sex in a guard tower, a newspaper reported today, citing court-martial records.
Private Federico Daniel Merida, 21, of the North Carolina National Guard, pleaded guilty to murder without premeditation and other charges during a court-martial in Iraq on September 25.
Merida was sentenced to 25 years in prison. He is being held at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Merida, who was born in Veracruz, Mexico, has a wife and toddler son.
Scotsman article
Private Federico Daniel Merida, 21, of the North Carolina National Guard, pleaded guilty to murder without premeditation and other charges during a court-martial in Iraq on September 25.
Merida was sentenced to 25 years in prison. He is being held at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Merida, who was born in Veracruz, Mexico, has a wife and toddler son.
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Merida and the Iraqi were on guard duty on May 11 in a tower on the perimeter of an army camp near Tikrit in northern Iraq. At around 10.30pm, Merida shot the teenager 11 times with his carbine.
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