Guandique faces potential deportation once he is released from prison, the prosecutors’ statement said. By Ian SimpsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prosecutors dropped their case against a man granted a retrial on charges that he killed Washington intern Chandra Levy in 2001, a death that contributed to a congressman’s downfall, authorities said on Thursday. The death of Levy, 24, and its subsequent investigation riveted Washington, starting with her disappearance in May 2001. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the U.S. capital asked a judge to dismiss charges against Ingmar Guandique, a Salvadoran immigrant who was found guilty in 2010 of first-degree murder and other charges. In 2009 police charged Guandique, who was already imprisoned for attacking women in the same area Levy went missing.

Source: Huffington Post July 28, 2016 20:26 UTC