Mexican gets 60 years for drug massacre

By IANS,

Guatemala City : A Mexican was sentenced to 60 years in prison for his involvement in the November 2008 slaughter of 19 drug traffickers, the Guatemalan Supreme Court said.

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Judges in the northern province of Huehuetenango found Victor Hugo Morales guilty of criminal conspiracy and membership in an illegal armed group, a spokesman said Thursday.

Morales is thought to be among the leaders of Los Zetas, a band of Mexican special forces deserters turned outlaws.

Guatemalan authorities said the Zetas – then working for Mexico’s Gulf drug cartel – carried out the Nov 30, 2008 massacre in Agua Zarca, a village near the Mexican border.

Police officials who tracked down the Mexican rejected his offer of a $125,000 bribe to let him go.