Bosnia and Herzegovina

Zeljko Zekic came to this quiet Atlanta suburb after the bloody Bosnian war to work in factories and raise his two children with his wife, never telling immigration officials that he had worked as a senior police officer in the Serbian paramilitary.Now he's confined to his home by an ankle monitor, puffing on cigarettes as he wonders if he'll be sent to prison or back to his native Serbia for lying about his work and telling officials he had been unemployed during the war. He pleaded guilty Tuesday, one of at least three former Serbian officials prosecuted in recent years for lying to get refugee status in the U.S.Zekic told The Associated Press he had no part in the atrocities that have led to war crimes charges against other high-ranking officials, and that he lied only to give his family a better life."I was trying to do what's best for my family, my life, my children," he said, taking a drag from a cigarette.Zekic rose to the rank of master sergeant as part of a unit that fought un...

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