Amilcar Cetino Pérez and Tomás Cerrate Hernández were two Guatemalan men convicted of murder. They were both executed on June 30, 2000. Their execution was televised on Guatemalan television. Cetino was 35 and Cerrate was 39. The executions, both by
lethal injection
Lethal injection is the practice of injecting one or more drugs into a person (typically a barbiturate, paralytic, and potassium) for the express purpose of causing death. The main application for this procedure is capital punishment, but t ...
, occurred at
Pavón Prison in Fraijanes.
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Guatemala executes kidnappers on breakfast TV
" ''The Guardian
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''. Friday June 30, 2000. Retrieved on March 3, 2016. In January 1996 both men had kidnapped 80-year-old Isabel Bonifassi de Botran, who died as a result. The two stated that they were innocent.
Around the time of the execution President of Guatemala Alfonso Portillo sent his family to Canada to protect them from possible retaliation;
[ the two perpetrators were members of a well-known kidnapping gang.Guatemala televises two executions as they occur]
" ''St. Petersburg Times
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''. June 30, 2000. Retrieved on March 4, 2016.
See also
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Capital punishment in Guatemala
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Guatemala, and is carried out by lethal injection and, to a lesser extent, the firing squad. The death penalty today remains only in Guatemala's military codes of justice, and was abolished for civilian off ...
Other executions:
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Manuel Martínez Coronado
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Roberto Girón and Pedro Castillo
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Notable people named Roberto include:
* Roberto (footballer, born 1912)
* Roberto (footballer, born 1977)
* Roberto (footballer, born 1978)
* Roberto (footb ...
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June 2000 in North America
2000 in Guatemala