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.
U.S. Deports Guatemalan Accused of Role in 1982 Massacre
HeadlineJul 13, 2011