Outrage over Freeing of Officer Convicted of Killing Bishop

GUATEMALA CITY -- Guatemalan human rights groups expressed outrage Thursday over a judge's decision to release a former army colonel convicted of killing a prominent Roman Catholic bishop more than a decade ago. The judge ordered retired Col. Byron Lima freed for good behavior after serving half his 20-year sentence for helping plot the murder of human rights crusader Bishop Juan Gerardi. "It's an embarrassment for Guatemala," said Mario Minera, director of the Center of Legal Action for Human Rights.

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