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U.S. Deports Guatemalan Accused of Role in 1982 Massacre

HeadlineJul 13, 2011

The United States has deported a Guatemalan man believed to have been involved in a 1982 massacre that killed 162 people. Pedro Pimentel Rios is accused of murder and human rights abuses for his alleged participation in the Las Dos Erres massacre. A former member of Guatemala’s notorious U.S.-backed special forces, Pimentel Rios is believed to have taken part in killing scores of Guatemalan villagers, including women and children who were strangled, beaten with sledgehammers, and thrown down a well. Pimentel Rios is the fourth former Guatemalan death squad member living in the United States to be linked to the massacre and subsequently targeted for deportation.

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