Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09GUATEMALA238
2009-03-16 17:21:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Guatemala
Cable title:
TWO POLICE OFFICERS ARRESTED FOR 1984 FORCED
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 GUATEMALA 000238
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SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DOL FOR PCHURCH
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM KCRM KJUS KDEM PGOV ELAB GT
SUBJECT: TWO POLICE OFFICERS ARRESTED FOR 1984 FORCED
DISAPPEARANCE
GUATEMALA 00000238 001.2 OF 002
TELEGRAM WILL BE SENT WITH DIFFERENT MRN
GUATEMALA 00000238 002 OF 002
(Germany and other European countries support conservation
and cataloguing of the archives.) Nineth Montenegro is a
tenacious, influential, and well-regarded Congresswoman and
human rights activist who fought for justice for 25 years and
secured these arrests in part through her political
connections and perseverance. While these arrests are
positive indicators of political will to combat impunity, it
is too soon to tell if these arrests will eventually lead to
trials and convictions in the thousands of other cases of
individuals "disappeared" by the state during the long
internal conflict.
McFarland
//ZFR // ZFR // CANCEL TELEGRAM // ZFR //
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DOL FOR PCHURCH
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM KCRM KJUS KDEM PGOV ELAB GT
SUBJECT: TWO POLICE OFFICERS ARRESTED FOR 1984 FORCED
DISAPPEARANCE
GUATEMALA 00000238 001.2 OF 002
TELEGRAM WILL BE SENT WITH DIFFERENT MRN
GUATEMALA 00000238 002 OF 002
(Germany and other European countries support conservation
and cataloguing of the archives.) Nineth Montenegro is a
tenacious, influential, and well-regarded Congresswoman and
human rights activist who fought for justice for 25 years and
secured these arrests in part through her political
connections and perseverance. While these arrests are
positive indicators of political will to combat impunity, it
is too soon to tell if these arrests will eventually lead to
trials and convictions in the thousands of other cases of
individuals "disappeared" by the state during the long
internal conflict.
McFarland