Guatemala, 21 May ( Cerigua ) .- Eduardo Cojulún Judge of the Court Eleventh Criminal Trial, reported last Tuesday, death threats against him, upon conclusion of hearings where he heard some victims and survivors of massacres committed by the army during the internal armed conflict.
According to a document from the Centro de Estudios de Guatemala (CEG ), after receiving testimony from a dozen people at the request of
The judge considered that there is sufficient evidence to judge in Guatemala the acts described by witnesses to the massacre in Plan de Sánchez and Black River Rabinal, and the occupation and burning of
The prosecution lawyer sent a detailed report on the statements received in the Court of First Instance said that if the authorities fail to act would fall in the crime of failure to report.
statements of survivors of the civil war began on April 18 and concluded on May 15th, several witnesses recounted the atrocities committed by the military in their communities, in the period administration of former Gen. Efrain Rios Montt and Lucas Garcia, who died in Venezuela.
Eduardo Cojulún local media reported that the threats were given by telephone to warn the cease its legal action, otherwise suffer the consequences.
threats received by Judge bind to a series of attacks against judicial officials, on Tuesday the district attorney of Chiquimula, Rocael Pineda, was killed just yards from his residence in zone 3, when he concluded his working hours at the Public Ministry (MP ).
The May 8 was also completed Monzón José Vidal Barillas, who was president of the Regional Chamber
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