• Terrorism: The 'brain' of 9/11 and 4 other defendants will be tried in Guantanamo in a month
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  • Military trial: The 'brain' of 9/11 and 4 other detainees will be formally charged on May 5

The trial in which five men charged in the United States will face the death penalty as organizers of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, which killed nearly 3,000 people, will begin on January 11, 2021, according to The Friday New York Times

Among the five men is Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, considered the 9/11 brain, which has been in US custody since 2003 and has been held since 2006 at the Guantanamo military base (Cuba), according to the New York newspaper, which has prepared the news in collaboration. with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

Judge Shane Cohen, of the Air Forces, has decided the date on which the military jury will be selected at a base located in Cuba, according to an order that includes a calendar for the judicial process to begin in January 2021.

That calendar of the military judge sets October 1 as the deadline for prosecutors to deliver a list of materials to defense attorneys.

The New York Times indicates that the five individuals prosecuted were charged in the case on May 5, 2012, in a special national security room in a Guantanamo court.

This is the first time that a judge establishes a start date for the trial, despite the requests of prosecutors since 2012 to two previous magistrates.

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