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JORGE  CARPIO NICOLLE

News Organization: EL GRAFICO

Died 1993

Location: GUATEMALA

Bio:

Shot to death July 3 in an ambush by 30 gunmen on the outskirts of conflict-ridden Chichicastenango, 45 miles northwest of Guatemala City. A two-time presidential candidate, he was a founder of the National Center Union Party and was editor of his newspaper. He sought a peaceful solution to Guatemala's civil war. Three others died in the attack. Family members believe his death was a political assassination. He was 60.