The story made the top story on the homepage of BBC Mundo. According to the report filed by the BBC, the Spanish Government is redoubling efforts for the extradition request of Gen Efrain Rios Montt (amongst others) made by Spain highest court, the Audiencia Nacional Española. The proposal made by Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Spanish Justice Minister, was agreed in cabinet.

In other news, reports in Guatemala now seem to suggest that the man detained by police in Panama was not Donaldo Alvarez after all. This from Siglo XXI:

The BBC has the same story in English now- and have transmitted the story via the BBC World Service. It's been covered now by all the Guatemalan daily newspapers. Rigoberta Menchú was quoted in Prensa Libre (23-12-2006):

Just spotted this really great interview of Helen Woodcock, volunteer accompanier with Peace Brigades International and Dominga Vasquez, Mayoress of Solola. The interview (broadcast 13-12-2006) was as part of the BBC Radio 4's Women's Hour programme.

See more on this in a previous post on this blog.

This just in from our compañer@s in Guatemala with an update on the extradition order for Gen Efrain Rios Montt et al... looks like there could be some movement in the next few days. Watch this space...

Here's the news as reported in Prensa Libre and Siglo XXI (01-12-2006). Or CERIGUA (02-12-2006). The Spanish authorities have corrected the mistake about missing out reference to Rios Montt:

Also in the news was the revelation that Spanish judge Santiago Pedraz recently visited Guatemala (El Periodico):


Perhaps we may even have news on the case before Guatemalans 'burn the devil' (Quema del Diablo) on 7th December - a day reserved, according to tradition, for the burning of the old and bad to make way for the new.