Anggota-anggota parlemen itu hilang selama perjalanan darat ke Guatemala dari negara tetangga El Salvador. Vielmann mengatakan, secara pasti mereka telah dibunuh namun belum ada petunjuk mengenai motif pembunuhan itu atau jati diri penyerang.
The deputies had gone missing during an overland trip to Guatemala from neighboring El Salvador. Vielmann said there was no doubt they had been murdered but that there were no clues yet about the motive or the identity of the assailants.