The future for the good cops, según la guatemalgringa

Today I think of the many good policeman, judges and prosecutors of whom Castresana spoke in his words at the Open Society Institute in April of 2010. What will happen to them now? Certainly their courageous actions to unravel the knot of impunity that has this government in a stranglehold will make them vulnerable to threats, violence and possibly unexplained disappearance or assassination now that those exposed as corrupt through their work are poised, once again, to exercise their impunity. If the UN does not find a suitable substitute for Carlos Castresana and continue the work of the CICIG, quickly, those that have devoted their professional lives to building a just society in Guatemala will likely, and rightly, conclude that the international community is powerless against the Guatemalan ex-military elite. I would also hand in my badge or lay my gavel to rest. Without the ability to run, there is not force within Guatemala strong enough to protect these people, which is truly disheartening.