Guatemala: Fear for safety/Possible extrajudicial execution

Guatemala: Fear for safety/Possible extrajudicial execution

Index Number: AMR 34/060/2003
Date Published: 1 October 2003
Categories: Americas, Guatemala

Amnesty International is concerned for the safety of Amílcar Méndez, founder of indigenous rights organization Comunidades Etnicas Runujel Junam (CERJ), Council of Ethnic Communities “We Are All Equal”, Tomás Guarcas and Angélica Macario, coordinators of CERJ, and other members of the organization. Eusebio Macario, a coordinator of CERJ and the father of Angélica Macario, was assassinated on 27 September.