Manuel Martinez Coronado
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Manuel Martinez Coronado was a farmer and mass murderer from Guatemala
, executed in 1998 for the 1995 murders of seven people.
would later claim that evidence also said that his stepfather may have been the real killer.
. Despite pleas from Amnesty International
to overturn the verdict, Guatemalan authorities claimed that he would be executed on February 10, 1998.
on February 10, 1998. His execution was broadcast live on television. Doctors in surgical gowns and masks carried out the execution. After the poison was administered, it took eighteen minutes for him to die. His wife and children were heard sobbing in the background throughout the execution. The doctors then examined the body to confirm his death. He was the first Guatemalan executed by lethal injection. The Guatemalan government had recently made lethal injection legal. At least three more Guatemalans have since been executed by this method.
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
, executed in 1998 for the 1995 murders of seven people.
Murders
Coronado murdered seven members of the same family in an incident that occurred on May 17, 1995. However, Amnesty InternationalAmnesty International
Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
would later claim that evidence also said that his stepfather may have been the real killer.
Arrest and Execution
Coronado was arrested and charged with multiple homicide. He was sentenced to death by lethal injectionLethal injection
Lethal injection is the practice of injecting a person with a fatal dose of drugs for the express purpose of causing the immediate death of the subject. The main application for this procedure is capital punishment, but the term may also be applied in a broad sense to euthanasia and suicide...
. Despite pleas from Amnesty International
Amnesty International
Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
to overturn the verdict, Guatemalan authorities claimed that he would be executed on February 10, 1998.
Execution
Coronado was executed by lethal injection in Guatemala CityGuatemala City
Guatemala City , is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala and Central America...
on February 10, 1998. His execution was broadcast live on television. Doctors in surgical gowns and masks carried out the execution. After the poison was administered, it took eighteen minutes for him to die. His wife and children were heard sobbing in the background throughout the execution. The doctors then examined the body to confirm his death. He was the first Guatemalan executed by lethal injection. The Guatemalan government had recently made lethal injection legal. At least three more Guatemalans have since been executed by this method.