WORLD IN BRIEF : GUATEMALA : Killings, Corruption Rampant, U.N. Told
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A U.N. Human Rights Commission report said violent death and corruption are out of control in Guatemala and that the government is powerless to protect the people. The report was presented to the commission’s 46th annual session by special investigator Hector Gros Espiell of Uruguay. Assassinations and other violent deaths continue unabated, the report said.
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