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Alonzo: Lopez Alonzo

alonzo: Guatemalan prosecutor Hilda Pineda said Lopez Alonzo was a truck driver for the elite Guatemalan army unit that carried out the killings in Las Dos Erres, according to Metro News. She said he guarded women and children being held inside a church while other soldiers interrogated and killed the men, who were accused for stealing missing guns. Victims' relatives hope Santos Lopez Alonzo will be held accountable for the onslaught that wiped out the small village of Las Dos Erres in 1982. Pineda, who presented the charges before a judge, said Lopez Alonzo is accused of murder and crimes against humanity. The now-64-year-old Lopez is among four former soldiers accused in the massacre who were arrested after heading to the United States. During the hearing, Lopez Alonso listened closely as they read out the names of the more than 200 people killed. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.