The High Risk Court A convicted Rigoberto Danilo Morales, being the last person involved pending resolution of his legal situation in the case of the burning of a bus with 15 Nicaraguans and a Dutchman, an event that occurred on November 8, 2008.
According to the determination of the judges, Morales is responsible for the crimes of illicit association for which he was sentenced to 8 years in prison and murder for which he was sentenced to 50 years in prison for each of the crimes. 16 victims making a total of 800 years.
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The court indicated that since the sentence imposed exceeds the limits of the accused’s life, he will only serve 58 years in prison in actual time.
#Guatemala 🇬🇹 // 13 years later they capture the 7th person involved in the massacre of 15 Nicaraguans and a Dutchman in Guatemala
Rigoberto Danilo Morales is the Guatemalan captured by the police after being on the run since November 2008 when he allegedly participated in the pic.twitter.com/hq2SEd2CQm
— 👽👽👽👽FBI ON THE MI6👽👽👽👽 (@FbiMi6) May 11, 2022
The burning in Zacapa
Rigoberto Danilo Morales belongs to the gang led by Marvin Montiel Marín, alias El Taquero, who was found guilty of burning the bus that was transporting the victims.
As proven by the Public Ministry, on November 8, 2008, the criminal group had followed the bus that came from Nicaragua, however, the information that the criminal group had was that said bus was transporting a shipment of drugs that they intended to steal. .
However, they confused the transport unit and instead of intercepting the bus with the drugs, they intercepted the vehicle that was transporting the victims on an excursion.
Faced with the confusion and to avoid leaving a trace, the group proceeded to kill all the passengers in an area of Zacapaand after this they set fire to the bus to destroy all evidence.
For these events, the entire gang, including El Taquero, is serving a sentence of more than 800 years in prison.
