Article: SPAIN PETITIONS GUATEMALA FOR EXTRADITION OF WAR CRIMINALS ON TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF CIVIL WAR'S END.

Coincident with the tenth anniversary of the signing of the Peace Accords of Dec. 29, 1996, the government of Spain has requested that Guatemala extradite seven former leaders accused of war crimes in the prosecution of the 36-year civil war. On Dec. 22, the Spanish Consejo de Ministros asked Guatemala to give up former presidents Gens. Jose Efrain Rios Montt (1982-1983) and Oscar Humberto Mejia Victores (1983-1986), as well as Gens. Benedicto Lucas Garcia and Angel Guevara Rodriguez, Col. German Chupina Barahona, and two civilians, Pedro Garcia Arredondo and Donaldo Alvarez Ruiz.

The seven have been under investigation since 1999 by Spain's Audencia Nacional ...

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