Celvin Galindo

Celvin Galindo (born December 24, 1957 in Guatemala City ) is a Guatemalan public prosecutor .

Galindo studied law at the University of San Carlos de Guatemala . He then worked as a lawyer for the international organization Feed The Children , at the Social Insurance Institute of Guatemala and as a lecturer. After reforming the law of criminal procedure , he started working as a public prosecutor in 1995.

In 1999 he was entrusted with investigating the murder of Bishop Juan Gerardi Conedera . After completing his investigation in September 1999, he named suspects and backers from the military and the secret service . He was then followed, wiretapped and intimidated. Due to massive death threats, he had to resign in October 1999 and leave the country with his family - just like the judge Henry Monroy and later the judge Yasmín Barrios. Galindo initially found refuge in Germany, where he worked on a scholarship from the Friedrich Ebert Foundation . Galindo later moved to Barcelona. In 2001 he was the first public prosecutor to receive the human rights award from the German Association of Judges .

In 2004 he returned to Guatemala and was appointed special prosecutor for corruption cases . He is married and has three children.

Web links

• Interview by Dinah Stratenwerth with Celvin Galindo
• Interview by Dominique Schärer with Celvin Galindo
• urgent action by Amnesty International of 11 October 1999
• 2001 Human Rights Prize of the German Association of Judges , DRiZ 2001, 426
• The new career of Celvin Galindo , Fijáte of March 24, 2004, p. 6