The leader of a neo-Nazi community in Chile was sentenced to 20 years in jail after being convicted of child molestation. Paul Schaeffer, the leader of Colonia Dignidad, was also ordered late last week by a Chilean court to pay $1.5 million in damages to 11 families of the abuse victims.
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