Controversial Cop Kill
in Guatemala
Diverse reactions were
generated Tuesday in
Guatemalan political and
social sectors after the
execution of Victor
Rivera, former security
adviser of the Ministry
of Interior, in an
exclusive zone of this
capital.
Rivera caused
controversy in this
country due to the great
power he had accumulated
in several years of
leading an elite police
unit dedicated to
investigating cases of
high impact, such as
kidnappings, bank
hold-ups and murders.
Political and social
groups accused him on
different opportunities
of creating parallel
structures inside the
government and
participating in social
cleansing cases.
Opposition Patriot Party
leader Otto Perez Molina
recognized Tuesday that
he had begun a process
against Rivera for his
possible links to
illegal activities.
On the other hand, the
former Interior Minister
Carlos Vielmann assured
that Rivera was a key
piece in disarticulating
organized crime gang and
solving cases of
kidnapping against
members of the high
profile business elite.
Deputies Nineth
Montenegro and Frizzy
Arístides blamed the
Guatemalan government
responsible one week ago
for not having assigned
security to Rivera after
he was dismissed.
However, presidential
spokesman Fernando
Barillas assured that
Rivera never requested
special protection.
Mario Minera, from the
Center of Legal Action
for Human Rights, told
Prensa Latina he had
rejected all types of
extrajudicial execution,
saying they destabilize
the country.
Meanwhile, Ricardo
Zepeda, from the
International Center for
Human Rights
Investigations,
considered the attack
was well planned, only
possible for a legally
structured institution.
He pleaded the
government and the
International Commission
against Impunity to
investigate this case,
which could lead to
clandestine groups.
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