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22.06.2008

Felipe Cusanero Coj

On trial

Guatemala

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21.03.2008

German Chupina Barahona

Died before end of trial

Spain

Guatemala

Born in 1920, Chupina Barahona attended the Police Academy and subsequently rose through the ranks. He was sent to the School of the Americas in Panama in 1960. From being police Colonel he rose to become Chief of the National Police in 1978 under the presidency of General Lucas Garcia. (see “Related Cases”) He created a death squadron called “Commando Seis” (Commando Six), which he allegedly led from 1978 to 1982. He was accused of particip...

19.12.2007

Anibal Guevara Rodriguez

Sought - Arrest warrant

Spain

Guatemala

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19.12.2007

Efrain Rios Montt

Sought - Arrest warrant

Spain

Guatemala

Efrain Rios Montt was born on 16 June 1924. He began his military career in 1946 as a cadet and was made general in 1972. Between 1970 and 1974 he was chief of the Guatemalan army. In 1974 he was elected president as a candidate of the Christian Democratic Party, but the candidate of the armed forces, general Kjell Laugerud, deposed him and sent him into exile. In 1978 Montt left the army and became a priest in the Puritan Iglesia del Verbo (C...

25.11.2007

Donaldo Alvarez Ruiz

Sought - Arrest warrant

Spain

Guatemala

Donaldo Alvarez Ruiz studied law and 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. I...