US Sanctioned Guatemala Congressman Arrested, Accused in Murders of Two Journalists

US Sanctioned Guatemala Congressman Arrested, Accused in Murders of Two Journalists
Congressman Julio Juarez Ramirez, who is accused of plotting the murders of two journalists in 2015, is escorted by police officers while arriving to the court in Guatemala City, Guatemala, Jan. 13, 2018. Reuters/Luis Echeverria
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MEXICO CITY–The Guatemala attorney general’s office confirmed on Saturday the arrest of congressman Julio Juarez Ramirez, who is accused of plotting the murders of two journalists in 2015.

Prosecutors and investigators with the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala said the politician orchestrated an attack on journalists Danilo Efraín Zapón López and Federico Benjamín Salazar Gerónimo, who were killed in March 2015.