Guatemala: Fear for safety / Death threats

Index Number: AMR 34/014/2007
Date Published: 8 May 2007
Categories: Americas, Guatemala

Edgar Herber Hernández Figueroa, Mónica Victoria Teleguario Xitay, Paula Barrios (f), David Dávila and Oswaldo Samayoa, all of them members of staff of the Guatemalan Institute for Comparative Studies in Criminal Sciences, have been harassed and received death threats in an apparent attempt to make them stop investigating killings and rapes allegedly committed by police. Amnesty International fears that their lives are in danger.