Guatemalan former cops get up to 60 year sentences in gay couple’s killings
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October 22, 2026
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GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AFP) — A Guatemalan court has sentenced seven former police officers to up to 60 years in prison over the “extrajudicial execution” of a gay couple, killings denounced by human rights groups as a hate crime.
Eldin Choc, 28, and Milton Santamaria, 45, were beaten, tortured and killed in April 2024 by officers making “homophobic remarks” during the incident at a police station in the town of San Andres Itzapa, prosecutor Marco Escobar told AFP.
“It is something despicable,” Judge Maria Castellanos said during the sentencing hearing.
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