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Marine Raider Found Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter in Death of Green Beret
July 2, 2021 5:14 PM
Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar. US ArmyA Marine Raider was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, obstruction, conspiracy and charges of hazing in the 2017 homicide of an Army Green Beret in Mali.
A military jury found Gunnery Sgt. Mario Madera-Rodriguez guilty late Thursday after a three-week trial of the charges related to the death of Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar in Bamako, Mali in a house shared by U.S. special operators.
The jury did not find Madera-Rodriguez guilty of murder or burglary, but did find him guilty of the lesser charge of housebreaking.