A Guatemalan court on Thursday convicted and sentenced five men to prison for the 2011 murder of Argentine musician Facundo Cabral, who was hugely popular across Latin America.
The 74-year-old Cabral was killed because he was in a car being driven by his concert promoter, a shady Nicaraguan nightclub owner.
Prosecutors said Henry Farinas was the real target of the hit, which was carried out by gunmen who raced up in vehicles to spray Farinas's car with bullets. Farinas survived but was later imprisoned in Nicaragua for drug trafficking and criminal association.
The five men sentenced Thursday included the mastermind of the hit, a Costa Rican named Alejandro Jimenez who went by the nickname El Palidejo ("Pallid Man").
Jimenez was sentenced to 50 years in prison for Cabral's murder and Farinas's wounds.
The other four, all Guatemalans, were also given 50 years each for being the triggermen and drivers in the armed attack.
The terms were the maximum permitted under Guatemala law.
A Guatemalan court on Thursday convicted and sentenced five men to prison for the 2011 murder of Argentine musician Facundo Cabral, who was hugely popular across Latin America.
The 74-year-old Cabral was killed because he was in a car being driven by his concert promoter, a shady Nicaraguan nightclub owner.
Prosecutors said Henry Farinas was the real target of the hit, which was carried out by gunmen who raced up in vehicles to spray Farinas’s car with bullets. Farinas survived but was later imprisoned in Nicaragua for drug trafficking and criminal association.
The five men sentenced Thursday included the mastermind of the hit, a Costa Rican named Alejandro Jimenez who went by the nickname El Palidejo (“Pallid Man”).
Jimenez was sentenced to 50 years in prison for Cabral’s murder and Farinas’s wounds.
The other four, all Guatemalans, were also given 50 years each for being the triggermen and drivers in the armed attack.
The terms were the maximum permitted under Guatemala law.
