Specialist Mario Lozano,
US Army

About This Case

Cleared by the American military of any wrong doing, SPC Lozano is now fighting against charges put forth by the Italian government which is seeking his extradition for a trial in absentia scheduled for May 14, 2007, for charges which stem from a March 4, 2005 incident along Baghdad's notorious Route Irish.

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Update

May 2007
A Letter from Merry Pantano
Please find the enclosed check from DefendtheDefenders.org, Inc. for the amount of One Thousand U.S. Dollars for the Defense Fund of SPC Lozano.

Headlines

April 10, 2007 — NY Post
'Friendly Fire': How a Soldier Sees the Facts
In yesterday's Post, Spc. Mario Lozano finally spoke of the incident that killed Italian agent Nicola Calipari and wounded journalist Guilinana Sgrena. I can understand, as a friend and as a soldier, why Mario was reluctant to talk publicly about this experience. As soldiers, we don't like to talk about Iraq. I've seen Mario break into tears while discussing the events of that night.

April 09, 2007 — TIME Magazine
Showdown at a Baghdad Checkpoint
Next week, Specialist Mario Lozano of the New York National Guard will be tried for murder in absentia in Italy. The charge: the killing of Nicola Calipari, an Italian intelligence officer, at a Baghdad checkpoint on March 4, 2005, where Lozano was stationed as a gunner. Calipari had been escorting Giuliana Sgrena, an Italian journalist just freed from kidnappers, taking her to the airport and onward to Italy.

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