"On May 16, a trial begins against Marco Javier Morantes Pico, the guard who twenty-three years ago received journalist Jineth Bedoya Lima in La Modelo prison in Bogota, Colombia.
That was the starting point for her subsequent kidnapping, torture, and sexual violence in retaliation for her journalistic work.
Although the crime happened more than two decades ago, this is the first public official to go to trial. Morantes Pico faces charges of aggravated kidnapping."
