[NYTr] Guatemalan Police Commanders Subpoenaed in Children's Killings
 
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 01:43:39 -0500 (CDT)

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Guatemalan Police Commanders Subpoenaed in Children's Killings

Guatemala, Oct 3 (Prensa Latina) Guatemala's Attorney General's Office
has summoned high-ranking officers of the PNC (National Civil Police)
to declare about the alleged involvement of agents from the corps in
the extrajudicial execution of five youngsters.

Crimes against Life Attorney Alvaro Matus, who is handling the case,
confirmed that three captains will be questioned about this killing
which triggered a serious crisis within the PNC, including the
resignation of its chief Julio Hernandez.

Another 30 members of the PNC security team leadership were also
summoned.

On September 21, youngsters aged 17 to 23, all residents of El Gallito
neighborhood, were kidnapped in broad day light and their bodies --
riddled with bullets and with signs of strangulation -- were found later
in a forest on the outskirts of Guatemala City.

Denunciations by their families and an investigation led authorities to
order the capture of inspector Wilson Tobar and agent Sabino Ramos,
both belonging to the escort team of the PNC chief.

Hours later, the PNC chief was forced to resign and the Attorney
General's Office ruled he cannot leave the country.

This is the second crisis faced by Guatemalan police since February,
when several agents, including the chief of the Criminal Investigation
Department, took part in the killing of three Salvadorian deputies and
their driver.

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