In March, Judge Monroy resigned from the Gerardi case, citing threats and a lack of support from the judicial system to root out corrupt judges. The new prosecutor in the case, Celvin Galindo, appears to be more conscientious than his predecessor, but has little backing from the MP and the government. After the publication of that report, the president was under such pressure that he appeared on television over several days, interrupting scheduled programming, to deny that the government was involved in a cover-up in the Gerardi case. He promised to order military officers implicated in the case to undergo DNA tests. The FBI found blood at the crime scene which did not belong to Gerardi.
Recent events continue to put in question the willingness to resolve the crime.
Then, apparently to make clear their motive, the men left a cardboard box at the scene containing a large chunk of concrete like the one used to kill Bishop Gerardi. The fact that an international organization has to remind the government to assume its responsibilities, shows that the rule of law still does not exist in Guatemala. This very serious incident comes in the wake of recent threats to Mynor Melgar, one of the attorneys representing the ODHA on the Gerardi case. April 26 marks the first anniversary of Bishop Gerardi s death. The case clearly demonstrates that impunity persists in this country, particularly for the military.