Mass grave prompts criminal probe in Guatemala
The discovery of 74 skeletons in a mass grave in Guatemala have prompted the start of a criminal investigation against a former army colonel who ran the military outpost where the remains were found, victims said today.
Juan de Dios Garcia, director of a Mayan human rights association, said his organisation filed the complaint against Colonel Jose Antonio Solares Gonzalez, the latest in a string of high-ranking military officers accused of carrying out mass killings during Guatemala’s 36-year civil war.
