GUATEMALA. ABOLITIONIST BILL POSSIBLE

despite a crime wave that has plagued Guatemala, pressure has been mounting from within the government, human rights activists and even from foreign diplomats to abolish capital punishment.
President Oscar Berger's administration has been reviewing the possibility of sending a bill to Congress that would abolish capital punishment.
The movement toward abolition has progressed under President Berger, who has publicly stated his opposition to capital punishment.
The country's human rights commissioner, Frank LaRue, said a legal team that works with the president is studying whether to ask Congress to abolish the punishment. But it is unclear whether Berger will introduce the bill.