SUMMARY: THE ASSASSINATION OF THE FORMER CHIEF OF THE HOMICIDE AND KIDNAPPING INVESTIGATION SECTION OF THE NATIONAL POLICE IS BELIEVED BY SENIOR POLICE OFFICIALS TO HAVE BEEN RELATED TO HIS INVOLVEMENTROUP OF CORRUPT POLICE OFFICERS. DESPITE THE FAIRLY CLEAR TRAIL LEADING TO THE MURDERERS OF HERIDA, THE DIRECTOR OF, MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT AND DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL POLICE HAVE STARTED TO SPREAD THE RUMOR THAT THE SECURITY DEPARTMENT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL GENERAL STAFF, WHICH COMES UNDER THE CONTROL OF COLONEL ORTEGA, WAS IN SOME WAY INVOLVED IN THE HURDER. THE VICTIH'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE INVESTIGATION OF THE HYRNA MACK HURDERHICH HAS GAINED WIDESPREAD INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION AND THE PERSONAL INTEREST OF THE PRESIDENT, MAKES HISSEFUL TOOL FOR ANYONE WISHING TOOLITICAL ENEMY.
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> AUGUSTOF JOSEESCOBAR, THE fORMER CHIEF OF THE HOMICIDE AND KIDNAPPING INVESTIGATION SECTION OF THE GUATEMALAN NATIONAL POLICE, IS BELIEVED BY SENIOR POLICE OFFICIALS TO HAVE BEEN RELATED TO HIS INVOLVEMENTROUP OF CORRUPT POLICE OFFICERS, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALSoSCLARES)),SALAZAR)). aTHESE KEN HAD FORMED PARTANG DEDICATED TO BANK ROBBERIES AND OTHER CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES. THE THO CHIEF SUSPECTS IN THE MURDER ARE LUISJIHENEZ AND EDGARBOTH FORMER MEMBERS OF KERIDA 'S UNIT WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE0 ROBBERY OF THE LAS VEGAS BILLIARDS HALL IN ZONE 1. BOTH MEN WERE DISMISSED AND CHARGED IN THE THEFT, WHICH INVOLVED THE ROBBERY. CITIZENS. HERIDA WAS ALSO SUSPECTED OF INVOLVEMENT IN THE ROBBERY AND HAD BEEN REMOVED FROH HIS POSITION AS CHIEF OF THE HOMICIDE AND KIDNAP INVESTIGATIONEEK BEFORE HIS MURDER. HE WAS TO HAVE BEEN DISMISSED FROM THE NATIONAL POLICE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. EITHER CASTRO OR CALVE2 BORROWED THE CAR USED IN THE ASSASSINATIONHIRD FORMER NATIONAL POLICEMAN KNOWN TO HAVEEMBERANK ROBBERY GANG. (SOURCE COMMENT: IT APPEARS THAT HERIDA INFORMED ON HIS PARTNERS WHEN THE POOL HALL ROBBERY WAS INVESTIGATED, LEADING TO HIS MURDER WHEN THEY WERE RELEASED FROH CUSTODY. BY INFORMING, HE TEMPORARILY SAVED HIS JOB. THE FULL EXTENT OF HIS INVOLVEMENT IN ILLEGAL ACTIVITY IS UNKNOWN. IN TKE COURSE OF HIS POLICE WORK, HERIDA HAD EEEN INVOLVED IN THE INVESTIGATION Of THE MURDER OFUATEMALAN ANTHROPOLOGIST WITH LEFTIST POLITICAL TIES.)
2 THE CAR USED IN THE ASSASSINATION OF HERIDA WAS OWNED BY ALFREDO DECALINDO, WHO HAD PULSEDHORT TIME BEFORE THE INCIDENT AND HAD NOT HAD TIME TO TAKE OUT THEUGAL PAPERS FOR IT. (FIELD COMMENT: THE GUATEMALAN PRESSUGUST PFPnSrVn THAT GIIPRRA HAD BEEN ARRESTEDUSPECT IN THE CRIME.)
CUERRAORMER MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL POLICE FIFTH DEPARTMENT, MHO WAS DISMISSED ONOR FAILING TO SHOW UP FOR WORK. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO WORK WITH THE SECURITY FORCE FOR THE VICE MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT. AT THE TIME HE WAS DISMISSED, HE WAS UNDER INVESTIGATIONERIES OF ROBBERIES WHICH HAD TAKEN PLACE AT THE END9 AND IN THESE INCLUDED THE ROBBERY OF THEN JUTIAPAHE ROBBERY OF THEN COBANND THE ROBBERY OF THE BANCO INMOBILARIO IN GUATEMALA CITY. THE GANG ALSO ROBBED TWO GAS STATIONS IN CUATEMALA CITY. EHICLE AND WEAPONS BELONGING TO THE SECURITY STAFF OF THE VICE MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT WERE USED IN THE ROBBERIES. CUERRA HAS THUS FAR CLAIMED HE "LENT" THE CAR TO EITHER CASTRO OR GALVEZ (WHICH ONE WAS NOT SPECIFIED) AND HAD HO IDEA THEY WERE GOING TO USE IT IN THE ASSASSINATION OF HERIDA.
3. DESPITE THE FAIRLY CLEAR TRAIL LEADING TO THE MURDERERS OF MERIDA, COLONEL MARCOTARACENA, DIRECTOR OF THE MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE, MINISTER OF GOVERNMENTPREH AND RETIRED COLONELBOLANOS, DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL POLICE, HAVE STARTED TO SPREAD THE RUMOR THAT THE SECURITY DEPARTMENT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL GENERAL STAFF, WHICH COMES UNDER THE CONTROL OF COLONEL LUISKENALDO, WAS IN SOME WAY INVOLVED IN THE KILLING. MERIDA'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE INVESTIGATION OF THE MYRNA HACK CASE, WHICH HAS GAINED WIDESPREAD INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION AND THE PERSONAL INTEREST OF PRESIDENT JORGEDELIAS, MAKES HISSEFUL TOOL FOR ANYONE WISHING TOOLITICAL ENEMY. TKE BASIS OF TKE RUMORS IS THE FACT THAT TWO ENLISTED HEN ASSIGNED TO THE SECURITY DEPARTMENT OF TKE PRESIDENTIAL GENERAL STAFF, MARCOflAYHUNDO AND JUANoSANCHEZ, WERE ARRESTEDULY BY THE NATIONAL POLICE IN COLONEL EN, MIXCOUBURB OF GUATEMALA CITY). BOTH WERE ARMED AND SAID THEY WERE WAITINC FOR FRIENDS TO CO DRINKINC. IH FACT, THEY WERE IN MIXCO PLANNING TOAR. THEY MERE TURNED OVER TO THE COMMANDER OF THE SECURITY DEPARTMENT LATER IN THE DAY, AND THAT SAMEEARING WAS HELD, AND BOTH WERE DISMISSED FROM
THE SERVICE AS HABITUAL DRUNKARDS. TKE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL POLICE HAS NOW CLAIMED TKE MEN WERE IN FACTATIONAL
POLICE OFFICER WHO LIVED IN THE AREA. FROH THIS, HE IS TRYING TO
ASE IT WAS THE SECURITY DEPARTMENT THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THE
KILLING OF MERIDA.
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