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Jul. 5, 2018

Witty Repartee

Light banter helped Judge Benny Osorio survive a kidnapping, and it’s useful in settling cases.

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Los Angeles County (Burbank)
Signature Resolution

BURBANK — What began as a trip to Judge Benny Osorio’s native country of Colombia ended up as a weeklong kidnapping nightmare.

While in Cartagena for a bar association event in 2016, the judge was abducted, held for ransom, and then rescued by Colombian special forces.

“I thought I was going to die every day,” Osorio said. “After a while, you just use your instinct to survive.”

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