Gotovina was sentenced to 24 years in prison. The court also convicted a second general, Mladen Markac, and sentenced him to 18 years, but cleared a third, Ivan Cermak, of all charges and ordered him released.[break]
The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal judgment Friday was also a damning verdict on Croatia´s then-president, Franjo Tudjman.
It said he led a "joint criminal enterprise" to repopulate the Krajina region with Croats after driving out Serbs. Tudjman died in 1999 while under investigation by the tribunal.
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