The following urgent action request has been put out by NISGUA (Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala):
Darinel Domingo Montejo was a law student at San Carlos University, living with his parents in a marginal area of Villa Nueva just outside 0 of Guatemala City. So far, there has been no indication of the motive behind his killing. Several of Darinel's brothers are involved in political activity that challenges the status quo, the most prominent of whom is Mario Gonzalo Domingo Montejo. Mario is the coordinator of the Defense of Dignity department in the Guatemalan Archbishop's Human Rights Office (ODHAG), and is the lead lawyer representing the Catholic Church in the legal case against the murderers of Monsignor Juan José Gerardi. Mario is also married to Jessica Yarrow, who was NISGUA's Field Coordinator in Guatemala from 2001 until November 2005.
For more information about this urgent action and where to send your appeals: click here. If you would like to join GSN's urgent action network: click here. Prensa Libre wrote an article on the assassination of Darinel Domingo Montejo.
