At the end of March, residents discovered a lifeless body in a remote, swampy area about 30 kilometers (19 miles) outside Bissau, the capital of Guinea-Bissau.
It was “covered in blood,” “wounded all over with a bladed weapon” and there were “two bullet holes in the head,” a witness told the AFP news agency.
The victim was Vigario Luis Balanta, a 35-year-old teacher and a prominent critic of Guinea-Bissau’s military leadership that had seized power in a coup four months earlier, ousting outgoing President Umaro Sissoco…
