5 Guatemalan ex-officers to be tried for disappearance, rape
5 Guatemalan ex-officers to be tried for disappearance, rape
GUATEMALA CITY — The Associated Press
Published Thursday, Mar. 02, 2017 7:50PM EST
Last updated Thursday, Mar. 02, 2017 7:50PM EST
Five former Guatemalan army officers will face trial charged with the disappearance of a 14-year-old boy and the rape of his sister during the country's civil war.
Prosecutors say the 21-year-old woman was kidnapped in 1981 and taken to a military installation where she was tortured and sexually assaulted. She escaped eight days later.
The next day soldiers in civilian clothes went to her parents' home. She wasn't there so they took her brother, who was never heard from again.
A judge on Thursday ordered the trial to determine the defendants' responsibility.
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Hugo Zaldana Rojas, a former army officer, stands after declaring to a Judge at a courtroom in Guatemala City, Thursday, March 2, 2017.