MIAMI,  (Reuters) – A former Guatemalan soldier  pleaded guilty yesterday to concealing his role in a 1982  massacre of peasants by the army in his homeland when he  applied for U.S. citizenship, authorities said.

Gilberto Jordan, 54, pleaded guilty in Fort Lauderdale to a  federal charge of unlawfully procuring his U.S. citizenship,  admitting that he had lied on his naturalization application  about his participation in the massacre in the Guatemalan  village of Dos Erres, a statement from the U.S. Attorney for  the Southern District of Florida said.