(CPJ/IFEX) – Luis Ronaldo De Leon Godoy, head of the weekend supplements section of the leading daily “Prensa Libre”, was stabbed on the morning of 14 November 1997 as he was leaving his house in central Guatemala City. Eyewitnesses report that De Leon’s assailants had been waiting in a car near his house for approximately […]
(CPJ/IFEX) – Luis Ronaldo De Leon Godoy, head of the weekend
supplements section of the leading daily “Prensa Libre”, was
stabbed on the morning of 14 November 1997 as he was leaving his
house in central Guatemala City. Eyewitnesses report that De
Leon’s assailants had been waiting in a car near his house for
approximately two hours. De Leon died as a result of his injuries
after three hours of surgery. According to local journalists, it
is unlikely that robbery was the motive for the attack, because
the assailants took neither money nor personal identification
documents.
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Ronaldo De Leon Godoy
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His Excellency Alvaro Arzu Irigoyen
President of Guatemala
Palacio Nacional
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Fax: + 502 2 537472/519702/347364/515667/214537Rodolfo Mendoza
Minister of the Interior
Ministry of the Interior
Despacho Ministerial, Of. No. 8
Palacio Nacional
6 Calle y 7 Avda, Zona 1
Guatemala, Guatemala
Fax: +502 2 515368Hector Hugo Perez Aguilar
Attorney General
18 Calle 10-36, Zona 1
Guatemala, Guatemala
Fax: +502 3 317066Jorge Mario Garcia Laguardia
Human Rights Prosecutor
12 Avenida 12-72
Zona 1
Guatemala, Guatemala
Fax: +502 2 512026/537229/381734Dr. Leonardo Franco
Director
MINUGUA
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Ave. Las Americas 9-08
Zona 13
9o nivel
Guatemala, Guatemala
Fax: +502 2 612460/393455
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