Salvadorian Deputies'
Killing Still Unpunished
One year after the
assassination in
Guatemala of three
Salvadorian deputies
from the Central
American Parliament,
none of the eight people
detained as alleged
responsible have been
tried.
Legislators Eduardo
D'Aubuisson, Jose Ramon
Gonzalez, and William
Pichinte, as well as
their driver Gerardo
Ramirez were kidnapped
and later killed on
February 19, 2007 in the
Guatemalan capital,
where they had travelled
to attend a meeting of
the regional forum.
That case and later
execution in a jail of
four Guatemalan agents
accused of the killing
brought about a crisis
that led to the
resignation of top
officials from the
Government Ministry, as
well as chiefs from the
police and penitentiary
system.
The multiple bloodsheds
corroborated
vulnerability of
institutions, their
permeation by networks
of organized crime and
drug trafficking, and
strained relations
between the two
countries.
But despite their
consequences, nothing
has been defined as to
motives or proven
identity of those who
ordered the killing.
Attorney Alvaro Matus
admitted there are some
pieces missing in the
puzzle, but affirmed a
judicial process can be
perfectly developed with
the current evidence.
The challenge is to
bring the people
involved to court,
demonstrate if they
really took part in the
assassination, and
condemn them for the
multiple crimes. |
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