Eduardo Epaminondas González Dubón

Epaminondas González Dubón was a president of the Constitutional Court of Guatemala who was assassinated in 1994.[1]

Murder

González received death threats just a week before being shot and killed in his car in front of his family.[2]

The assassination may have been political in nature. As a member of the court, González had ruled that President Jorge Serrano's self-imposed coup was unconstitutional just a year earlier. He had voted to allow the United States to extradite Lieutenant Colonel Carlos Ochoa Ruiz just a month before his murder.[3] After the murder, the remaining Constitutional Court judges voted against the decision.[4]

Marlon Salazar López and Antonio Trabanino Vargas have both been convicted in the murder of González. A third alleged murderer, Mario Salazar López, was convicted, successfully appealed the case and was arrested again in 2001.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Judge Epaminondas González Dubón, President of the Constitutional Court, killed in Guatemala City in 1994," HumanRightsFirst.org. (accessed January 22, 2010)
  2. ↑ "Judge Epaminondas González Dubón, President of the Constitutional Court, killed in Guatemala City in 1994," HumanRightsFirst.org. (accessed January 22, 2010)
  3. ↑ "Judge Epaminondas González Dubón, President of the Constitutional Court, killed in Guatemala City in 1994," HumanRightsFirst.org. (accessed January 22, 2010)
  4. ↑ "Judge Epaminondas González Dubón, President of the Constitutional Court, killed in Guatemala City in 1994," HumanRightsFirst.org. (accessed January 22, 2010)
  5. ↑ "Judge Epaminondas González Dubón, President of the Constitutional Court, killed in Guatemala City in 1994," HumanRightsFirst.org. (accessed January 22, 2010)
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 4/29/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.