3 men detained for participating in slaying of anthropologist during Guatemala's civil war

3 men detained for participating in slaying of anthropologist during Guatemala's civil war
By The Associated Press June 10, 2014


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FILE - In this undated file photo released by the Mirna Mack Foundation, Guatemalan anthropologist Myrna Mack is seen in an
unknown location. Mack, who worked with a group that had accused the army of human rights violations, was killed on Sept.
11, 1990 by attackers in broad daylight on the sidewalk outside her downtown office in Guatemala City. Police announced on
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 that two men were arrested on Tuesday in connection with her murder.
(AP Photo/Fundacion Mirna Mack, File)[/font]

GUATEMALA CITY - Guatemalan authorities on Tuesday detained three men accused of participating in the killing of an anthropologist who documented human rights violations during Guatemala's civil war.

National Police spokesman Pablo Castillo said the men were detained in the slaying of Myrna Mack, who was stabbed to death outside her Guatemala City office in 1990.

Castillo says David Lopez Aguilar, Jose Miguel Gonzales Grijalba and Alberto Encarnacion Barrios Rabanales were arrested in the provinces of Guatemala and Jutiapa.

According to court documents, Lopez Aguilar, a 50-year-old former police officer, was in charge of the initial investigation into Mack's killing. Authorities say Gonzales Grijalba is 49 years old but gave no other information about him or Barrios Rabanales.

The Myrna Mack Foundation, created after Mack's death, said in a statement that the Tuesday arrests are related to the slaying of Jose Merida Escobar, a police investigator who determined the anthropologist's killing had been ordered by the government. Merida Escobar was killed in 1991, shortly after revealing his findings to a court.

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