Héctor Mario López Fuentes
Héctor Mario López Fuentes (7 May 1930 – 18 October 2015)[1] was a Guatemalan general. He served as Army Chief of Staff until his replacement in 1983 by Rodolfo Lobos Zamora.[2]
In July 2011, López Fuentes was arrested on charges of
At the time, López Fuentes was suffering from terminal cancer and a hearing originally scheduled for October 2011 had to be delayed due to his condition.[4] In May 2012, he was brought before Judge Miguel Ángel Gálvez of Tribunal B de Mayor Riesgo to face the charges. Gálvez rejected a motion by López' lawyer Moisés Galindo to close the tribunal on the grounds of López Fuentes' poor health.[5] The retrial was scheduled for January 2016 but López Fuentes died on 18 October 2015, aged 85.[6]
References
- ^ "El ausente López Fuentes". elperiodico. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ^ "World Roundup". The Pittsburgh Press. 22 October 1983. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ^ "Guatemala: Ex-armed forces chief Lopez Fuentes arrested". BBC News. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ^ "Guatemala judge postpones ex-general's hearing". The Guardian. 15 October 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ^ "Tribunal rechaza clausurar proceso por genocidio a López Fuentes". Prensa Libre. 31 May 2012. Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ^ Guatemala ex-army chief Hector Lopez Fuentes dies, bbc.co.uk; accessed 31 October 2015.
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