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...confessed drug cartel hood whose alias is "The Nut Job," Marco Vinicio Cobo is remarkably calm and plain-looking. Sitting in the blue-walled interrogation room of a Mexican army base, the chubby, goatee-bearded 30-year-old coolly describes his work for the Zetas, a feared paramilitary force responsible for thousands of brutal murders. And even when he details how his bosses kidnapped and chopped the head off a soldier, he appears relaxed and unemotional, as if he were discussing the weather. But despite the unsettling indifference of its tone, Cobo's confession - of which a video has been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Confessions of a Mexican Narco Foot-Soldier | 12/26/2008 | See Source »

Bonilla decides to follow up on the lynching story, and he pays a visit to the driver in jail. The driver, who we learn is called Vinicio (Damián Alcázar) implores Bonilla to be his “hero” once more by running a story that will result in his release from custody: the worst malefactors from the lynch mob have been imprisoned alongside him and make daily attempts against his life. What follows is a cat-and-mouse exchange between Bonilla and Vinicio, in which Vinicio promises information about the “Monster...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Movie Review: Crónicas | 10/7/2005 | See Source »

...engine Caravelle operated by the private carrier Aerovias crashed on its way to the airport at Santa Elena, 37 miles south of Tikal. Early reports put the number killed at 90, including six Americans. Some of the passengers had apparently traveled to Guatemala for the swearing-in of President Vinicio Cerezo Arvalo, the country's first civilian leader in 16 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Notes: Jan. 27, 1986 | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...Vinicio Cerezo Arvalo, 42, strode into the headquarters of his Christian Democratic Party in downtown Guatemala City last week, he was one step closer to being his country's first elected civilian President in nearly two decades. By garnering almost 39% of the national vote, the charismatic center-left lawyer had outperformed his closest competitor, Newspaper Owner Jorge Carpio Nicolle, 53, of the moderately conservative National Center Union, who finished with 20%. But because he failed to capture an absolute majority, Cerezo must face Carpio in a runoff election on Dec. 8. Buoyed by his impressive showing, Cerezo declared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Guatemala: The 70% Solution | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...transaction Bilbeisi proposed the sale of U.S.-built Jordanian fighter jets and helicopters to Guatemala. According to documents from a Bilbeisi company, three helicopters were delivered at hugely inflated prices, and part of the proceeds was kicked back to high-ranking Guatemalan officers and the brother of former President Vinicio Cerezo. B.C.C.I. financed the deal for a $400,000 commission. Guatemala has brought criminal charges against Bilbeisi, and is seeking his extradition from Jordan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Banking A Trail of Coffee and Cash | 6/24/1991 | See Source »

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