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Rogelia Cruz Martínez (1940 - January 11, 1968) was a Guatemalan left-wing activist, the 1958 Miss Guatemala Universe winner, and Guatemala's representative in the 1959 Miss Universe pageant. She was murdered by a paramilitary death squad at the age of 27, reportedly due to her political orientation. Cruz, a student of Architecture, was a member of the Juventud Patriotica del Trabajo (JPT) party and the girlfriend of Guatemalan Party of Labour (PGT) commander Leonardo Castillo Johnson. She was kidnapped in December 1967, and was found dead on January 11, 1968 by a bridge near Escuintla,…mehr

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Rogelia Cruz Martínez (1940 - January 11, 1968) was a Guatemalan left-wing activist, the 1958 Miss Guatemala Universe winner, and Guatemala's representative in the 1959 Miss Universe pageant. She was murdered by a paramilitary death squad at the age of 27, reportedly due to her political orientation. Cruz, a student of Architecture, was a member of the Juventud Patriotica del Trabajo (JPT) party and the girlfriend of Guatemalan Party of Labour (PGT) commander Leonardo Castillo Johnson. She was kidnapped in December 1967, and was found dead on January 11, 1968 by a bridge near Escuintla, Guatemala. Her association with Johnson was the most likely cause for her murder.