Guatemalan military officers told us: 'You guys are crazy.

It also found that several Guatemalan officers and officials covered up the military's role in the 1990 killing of an American citizen there.

They noted that Guatemalan officers are rarely punished for human rights abuses.

He was well-read by the pitiful standards of the Guatemalan officers of his day and projected a charismatic image.

The board's recommendations came six months after the exposure of the agency's longstanding ties to senior Guatemalan military officers suspected of human-rights abuses, including murder.

The Spaniards said the rebels were upset by the presence of three uniformed Guatemalan military officers in the room.

But like every other Guatemalan military officer named by the drug agency, Mr. Pozuelos has yet to be tried in any court anywhere.

His job included placing and keeping senior Guatemalan officers on his payroll.

As part of the agreement, two-hundred Guatemalan officers were dispatched to Buenos Aires to undergo advanced military intelligence training, which included instruction in interrogation.

"They came to ask about our experience in tactics, on explosives and on guerrilla counterinsurgency," a Guatemalan military officer said.