Cruz pleads guilty, receives Bad Conduct Discharge

Baghdad, Iraq -- Charges against Specialist Armin J. Cruz were referred to a 
Special Court-Martial empowered to adjudge a Bad Conduct Discharge. The two 
charges against Specialist Cruz are maltreatment of detainees and conspiracy to 
maltreat detainees

On Sept. 11, Specialist Armin J. Cruz plead guilty to and was found guilty of 
Article 81 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, conspiracy to maltreat 
detainees in Abu Ghraib and Article 93, maltreatment of detainees. 

He has been sentenced to reduction to Private (E-1), confinement for eight 
months, and a Bad Conduct Discharge. 

His confinement location has not yet been determined. 

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