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Weekly Report - 23 April 2009 (WR-09-16)
GUATEMALA: Colom announces "historic" security pact
The presidents of the executive, legislature and judiciary signed a
national “security and justice" agreement last week in the latest attempt by the
government of President Alvaro Colom to tackle Guatemala's ongoing security
problems. Colom was quick to hail as “historic" the declared commitment by all
three branches of government to address the issue. However, it is arguably the
pledge to extend the mandate of the UN-backed International Commission against
Impunity in Guatemala (Cicig), tasked with investigating links between organised
crime and clandestine “security" groups within the state apparatus, which will
have the most impact.
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