UN and Guatemala reach agreement on mechanism to combat impunity

Yesterday, the United Nations and the government of Guatemala reached an agreement to establish the Comisión Internacional Contra la Impunidad en Guatemala (CICIG). (The agreement must still be approved by Congress.) This is a new version of what was called the Comisión Investigadora de Cuerpos Ilegales y Aparatos Clandestinos de Seguridad (CICIACS).

Justin Bergman, “U.N. Panel to Probe Guatemala Mob Crime” (AP)

“Guatemala/ONU: contra la impunidad” (BBC Mundo)

Andrés Dávila S., “La CICIG da el primer paso, ahora queda en manos del Congreso” (El Periódico)