Two men who were attacked and captured by enraged residents of Comalapa, Chimaltenango after allegedly committing crimes produced military credentials when taken into custody by the army.
Authorities say the documents are false.
They identify the two as Miguel Angel Castellanos Gonzalez, Military Commissioner, and Manuel Quevedo Monterroso, of the Mobile Military Police. Members of the security forces have also been implicated in the high-profile murders of both Constitutional Court President Epaminondas Gonzalez and congressional advisor Antonio Mistral Recinos. Congressional representative Obdulio Chinchilla, wounded in a failed murder attempt has accused the army Chief of Command of the crime. Soldiers and other members of the security forces, have also turned up in connection with other crimes, including the April rape of a young woman and an attack on her companion, and an attempted kidnapping by a Presidential Military Guard specialist, both frustrated by angry neighbors. With the army patrolling the streets and troop movements reported in some parts of the country, some are worried.