Former Guatemalan Interior Minister Carlos Vielman was arrested in Spain on Tuesday or Wednesday. He was sought for his involvement in the extrajudicial killings of escaped inmates from El Infiernito prison in October 2005 and prisoners who were killed during a riot at El Pavón September 2006. Vielman is expected to go before Spain's National Court on Thursday for the beginning of extradition proceedings.
The former Director of Police, Erwin Sperisen, is currently under investigation and living in Switzerland.
Former presidential candidate Alejandro Giammattei is currently under arrest in Guatemala.
