Kidnaped Nephew of Guatemalan Nobel Recipient Is Found
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GUATEMALA CITY — Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu’s 22-month-old nephew, who was kidnaped by gunmen last weekend, was found safe in a town in the central Quiche province, Menchu said Saturday.
Juan Carlos Velasquez Menchu was discovered on a park bench in the provincial capital, Santa Cruz del Quiche, late Thursday, Menchu told reporters.
The child was snatched from the arms of his mother, Cristina, outside Menchu’s Guatemala City home by two unidentified gunmen a week ago Saturday.
Guatemala’s security forces had embarked on a massive nationwide search for the child.
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