WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has denied a government bid to dismiss a lawsuit by a former confidential informant working for the United States in Colombia.

Astrid Hurtado’s lawsuit claims that the U.S. government abandoned her when she got into legal trouble for her undercover money laundering operations, and she wound up spending three years in a Colombian jail. She’s seeking $15 million in damages.

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