Amilcar Cetino Pérez and Tomás Cerrate Hernández were two Guatemalan men convicted of murder. They were both executed on June 29, 2000, and their execution was televised on Guatemalan television."Guatemalan TV Shows Execution of 2 Men." The New York Times. June 30, 2000. Retrieved on March 4, 2016. Cetino was 35 and Cerrate was 39. Both men were executed by lethal injection at Pavón Prison in Fraijanes.Weissert, Will. "Guatemala executes kidnappers on breakfast TV ." The Guardian. Friday June 30, 2000. Retrieved on March 3, 2016. In January 1996, both men had kidnapped 80-year-old Isabel Bonifassi de Botran, who died as a result. Both perpetrators claimed to have been innocent.Weissert, Will. "Executions for the Nation to See." The Washington Post. June 30, 2000. Retrieved on March 4, 2016.
Around the time of the execution President of Guatemala Alfonso Portillo sent his family to Canada to protect them from possible retaliation; the two perpetrators were members of a well-known kidnapping gang."Guatemala televises two executions as they occur." St. Petersburg Times. June 30, 2000. Retrieved on March 4, 2016.
See also Capital punishment in Guatemala Other executions: Manuel Martínez Coronado Roberto Girón and Pedro Castillo
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External links "GUATEMALA: KIDNAPPERS KILLED BY LETHAL INJECTION." Associated Press.