VIENNA (Reuters) - A former police official in Guatemala was cleared of abetting the murder of seven prisoners on Thursday at a trial in Austria, which has granted him political asylum.
The case centred on whether Javier Figueroa, 42, took part in summary executions of inmates in 2006 when Guatemalan security forces stormed the Pavon jail, which prisoners had controlled for years.
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