1.   The Police Department released the names of the three high-risk offenders in the summer and has had no reports of vigilante acts against them, Hunt said.

2.   The videotape later was shown on television, shocking the country and propelling vigilante acts into the pubic spotlight.

3.   Vigilante acts are nothing unusual in Guatemala.

4.   Yasser Arafat has denied his government had any role in the killings, and his spokesman, Nabil Abourdeneh, said Wednesday the Palestinian Authority opposed vigilante acts.