Capital punishment in Guatemala

Capital Punishment is legal in Guatemala. A moratorium was placed on it from 2000–2010, but the ban was lifted by President Álvaro Colom. He has further stated he will not pardon persons sentenced to death. Currently, the national method of execution is lethal injection. The only crimes punishable by death are aggravated murder and several military and political crimes.

Executions since 1983

	Executed person	Date of execution	Crime	Method	Under President
1	Pedro Castillo	September 13, 1996	kidnapping, rape and murder of a 4-year-old girl	firing squad	Álvaro Arzú
2	Roberto Giron	September 13, 1996	kidnapping, rape and murder of a 4-year-old girl	firing squad	Álvaro Arzú
3	Manuel Martinez Coronado	February 10, 1998	slaughtering seven members of a single family	lethal injection	Álvaro Arzú
4	Amilcar Cetino Perez	June 29, 2000	kidnapping and murder of businesswoman Isabel de Botra	lethal injection	Alfonso Portillo
5	Tomas Cerrate Hernandez	June 29, 2000	kidnapping and murder of businesswoman Isabel de Botra	lethal injection	Alfonso Portillo

References

• http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41189
• http://www.handsoffcain.info/bancadati/schedastato.php?idstato=16000067

External links

• Execution chamber in Guatemala
• "The Death Penalty in Guatemala: On the road towards abolition" (Archive). International Federation for Human Rights.
• "Guatamala: First Ever Execution By Lethal Injection Carried Out - 1998." Associated Press.
• "Guatemala - Man executed by lethal injection." Associated Press.
• "Guatemala - Two men executed for rape and murder - 1996 ." Associated Press.
• "GUATEMALA: KIDNAPPERS KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION." Associated Press.