31.   Gerardo is a well-known lawyer who has been appointed to head a commission to investigate crimes against humanity perpetrated by the recently deposed military junta.

32.   Guatemala will also have a truth commission to investigate wartime crimes, but it will be legally barred from identifying those responsible or bringing criminal charges.

33.   He had investigated the crime, the killing of a young woman, when he was still a policeman.

34.   He said the crime is being investigated as a potential robbery-homicide, although no motive has been ruled out.

35.   He suggests a truth and reconciliation commission similar to the one in South Africa that investigates crimes during the era of apartheid.

36.   How, they asked, can you investigate crimes that may have occurred in a civil case now found to be meritless?

37.   His men, he said, investigate crimes and carry out passport checks.

38.   Immigration officials lack resources to track suspected offenders, or investigate their crimes once they are discovered.

39.   In fact, stories abound of PSB officers demanding favours before they investigate a crime.

40.   In investigating these crimes, the police have been stymied by a lack of fingerprints.