Former informant suing US for abandoning her

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A former confidential informant working for the United States in Colombia claims in a lawsuit that the U.S. government abandoned her when she got into legal trouble for her undercover operations.

Astrid Hurtado says she wound up spending three years in a Colombian jail. She is seeking $15 million in damages.

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