REPORT RE EXTRADITION TREATY WITH GUATEMALA

Created: 5/1/1995

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FORMER GUATEMALAN ARM CaPTA HUGO ROBERTOONTRERAS)) ALVaRADO.DECISION TO FLEI rO COLOMBIA WAS DUE TO THE FACT THAT COLOMBIA DOES NOT HAVE AN EXTRADITION TREATY WITH GUATEMALA. (GUATEMALA CITY FIELD COMMENT: CONTRERAS WAS CONVICTEO TOEARS IN PRISON IN MAY3 FOR THE JUNE 0 DEATH OF DEVINE NEARHERE THE DEVINE FAMILYANCH. AT THE TIME OF THE CRIME. CONTRERAS HAS THE DEPUTY STAFF INTELLIGENCE OFFICER OR MILITARY ZONESANTA ELENA. THEND WAS IN COMMAND OF THE CROUP OF ENLISTEOHEN THAT ALLECEOLY KILLED DEVINE. ONE STORY SUGGESTS THE GROUP WAS SENT TO RECOVER AN ARMY ASSAULT RIFLE THAT WaS SOLD TO DEVINE BT an ARHY DESERTER.

INFORMATION INDICATES CONTRERAS MAY HAVE TAKEN REFUGE IN

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^0BYKaVE BEENi^kBVTHATCCWTRERAS WAS KILLED BY THE ARMY IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP HIM QUIET.) (HEADQUARTERS COMMEHT: CONTRERAS* CURRENT WHEREABOUTS IS UNKNOWN. EFFORTS TO LOCATE HIM (HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL THUS FAR.)

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CATALAN HAS ONLY EICHT MONTHS REMAINING UNTIL RETIREMENT, THE ARMY HILL SUPPORT HIM WITH LAWYERS AND OTHER UNSPECIFIEO ASSISTANCE UP UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT.FTERWARDS. HE WILL BE Oh HIS OWN. fJHIHiBVbsflBHBTHE GUATEMALAN MILITARY IS PROVIDING BOTH COLONEL JULIO ROBERTOLPIREZ)) AND GARCIA WITH FOUR LAWYERS, AND IS ASSISTING IN ARRANGING TESTIMONY FROM PERTINENT WITNESSES. (GUATEMALA CITY FIELD COMMENT: GARCIA WAS THE COMMANDER OF MILITARY ZONEHEN DEVINE WAS MURDERED. HE WAS MOST RECENTLY IN COMMAND OF MILITA.trCHIMaLTENaNGO/SaCaTEPEQUEZ). ALPIREZ WAS THE COMMANDER OF THE GUATEMALAN SPECIALASE AT POPTUN WHEN DEVINE WAS KILLED. BUT WAS MOST RECENTLY YHE SECOND COMMANDER OF THE LA AURORA MILITARY BASE. BOTH GARCIA AND ALPIREZ WERE SUSPENDED BY THE ARMY IN UTE5 PENDING AN INVESTIGATION INTO THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE DEVINE MURDER.)

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wawmmmmw IhEBaMACa CASE IS CLOSED. and SHOULD BE TaKENUPBY THE HISTORICAL CLARIFICATION COMMISSIONINAL PEACE AGREEMENT IS SIGNED WITH the GUATEMALAN INSURGENCY. OB jf^BfJjjjJHMt ANY INVESTIGATIVE effort INTO BaMACA'S FATE IN THE FUTURE SHOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITT OF UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS VERIFICATION HISSIOH IN GUATEMALA (HINUGUa)

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