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| |  | | Donaldo Alvarez Ruiz | | | context : | Guatemala  | | judgement place : | Spain | | status : | Sought - Arrest warrant | | particulars : | An arrest warrant has been issued against him by the Spanish judicial authorities for torture and political assassination | | position : | Interior Minister |
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| | | | Donaldo Alvarez Ruiz studied law and later qualified as a lawyer. He helped the military to set up a political party, the PID (Partido Institucional Democratico) in which he was to hold the position of Secretary General, before becoming a Member of Congress.
The Dictator-General Kjell Laugerud appointed him Minister of the Interior in 1976, with responsibility for domestic security, with the additional role as Minister of Police and Secret Police. In 1978, he was reconfirmed in this function by the new Dictator-General Romeo Lucas Garcia.(1978-1982).
After the coup d’état by General Rios Montt (see “related cases”) in 1982, he fled to take up residence in Mexico.
Alvarez Ruiz is well known for having organised “death squadrons” and for drawing up lists of people to be tortured and then made to disappear.
In December 1999, the 1992 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Rigoberta Menchù, together with several families who were victims of repression, lodged a complaint against Donaldo Alvarez Ruiz , before the Spanish “Audiencia Nacional“ for torture and genocide
Alveraz Ruiz is currently on the run. | |     click for more... | | Trial Watch would like to remind its users that any person charged by national or international authorities is presumed innocent until proven guilty. | |  |  | | last time seen : | | | Mexico | | | charges : | | | Genocide
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Torture | | | profile last modified : | | | 26.02.2010 |
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