The Minister of the Interior, Mauricio López Bonilla, congratulates police officers who received training from CICIG on criminal investigation, security and police prevention.
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Court upholds decision to remand Susana Luarca Saracho in custody
Guatemala, May 20, 2013. Today, Court B of the First Instance for High-risk Matters upheld the decision to remand the lawyer Susana María de la Asunción Luarca Saracho in custody pending trial. The lawyer is charged with criminal association, human trafficking and the use of forged documents.
Press coverage of criminal proceedings underway in Austria against former police chief
Guatemala, May 13, 2013. Today, a number of different media outlets reported on the indictment of former Deputy Director of Investigations of the National Civil Police (PNC), Javier Figueroa, by the prosecutor's office of the town of Ried im Innkreis (in the federal state of Upper Austria, Austria). Figueroa is accused of being involved in the murder of seven prisoners at the El Pavón prison farm in 2006.
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Guatemala, April 25, 2013. Yesterday, the National Civil Police (PNC), with the support of the Public Prosecutor's Office (MP) and the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), arrested seven alleged members of a customs smuggling network. The network is comprised of former and current Superintendence of Tax Administration (SAT) officials who facilitated the illegal entry of containers at the Quetzal Port customs checkpoint between April and June 2009.
Guatemala, April 25, 2013. Today, as part of capacity transfer efforts, the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) awarded 45 National Civil Police (PNC) officers certificates for completing training exercises on criminal investigation, security and police prevention. Ten of the forty-five officers also received letters of acknowledgment for their work at the Commission.
Guatemala, April 18, 2013. The International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) has observed from afar the proceedings underway against General Efraín Ríos Montt, who is charged with genocide. The court hearing the case is the sole actor responsible for deciding whether the crime was committed or not and whether the accused is innocent or guilty. The judges must rule free of threats—judicial independence is a human right—in the case involving the aforementioned individual as well as those who feel aggrieved and bring their demands for punishment before the justice system.
The United Nations and the Government of Guatemala signed the Agreement Relative to the Establishment of an International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) on 12 December 2006.
Commissioner
Francisco Javier Dall'Anese Ruiz, CICIG Commissioner, has been in charge of CICIG since August 1, 2010. He arrived in Guatemala on August 5, 2010.
Cases
Under Article 3(b) of the 12 December 2006 UN-Guatemala Agreement for the creation of CICIG, the Commission has the power to join a criminal proceeding as a complementary prosecutor with respect to all cases within its mandate.
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The Republic of Guatemala, a mountainous country that lies in the Central American isthmus, has an estimated population of 13 million people.
Guatemala won its independence in 1821, following almost three centuries of Spanish colonial rule.
Apr 25, 2013
Guatemala, May 20, 2013. Today, Court B of the First Instance for High-risk Matters upheld the decision to remand the lawyer Susana María de la Asunción Luarca Saracho in custody pending trial. The lawyer is charged with criminal association, human trafficking and the use of forged documents.
Guatemala, April 25, 2013. Yesterday, the National Civil Police (PNC), with the support of the Public Prosecutor's Office (MP) and the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), arrested seven alleged members of a customs smuggling network. The network is comprised of former and current Superintendence of Tax Administration (SAT) officials who facilitated the illegal entry of containers at the Quetzal Port customs checkpoint between April and June 2009.
Guatemala, April 18, 2013. The International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) has observed from afar the proceedings underway against General Efraín Ríos Montt, who is charged with genocide. The court hearing the case is the sole actor responsible for deciding whether the crime was committed or not and whether the accused is innocent or guilty. The judges must rule free of threats—judicial independence is a human right—in the case involving the aforementioned individual as well as those who feel aggrieved and bring their demands for punishment before the justice system.
The United Nations and the Government of Guatemala signed the Agreement Relative to the Establishment of an International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) on 12 December 2006.
The Republic of Guatemala, a mountainous country that lies in the Central American isthmus, has an estimated population of 13 million people.
