In Guatemala, the Supreme Court has sentenced a former army colonel to 30 years in jail for ordering the murder of anthropologist Myrna Mack in 1990. At the time Mack was researching military abuse against the country’s Maya Indians.

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In Guatemala, the Supreme Court has sentenced a former army colonel to 30 years in jail for ordering the murder of anthropologist Myrna Mack in 1990. At the time Mack was researching military abuse against the country’s Maya Indians.