Count Karl Of Spreti: The ambassador of the Federal Republic in Guatemala, who was Kidnapped last Tuesday buy revolutionaries, was found this morning in a house, 20 Km Guatemala,-City, With a gun shot in his head. An official speaker of the Guatemala taken government said, that the ambassador was murdered by a left group of the revolutionaries. Those had asked, Shortly after the kidnapping of the ambassador, the release of 25 political prisoners and 2,5 million DM of ransom. The government Guatemala, however didn't accepted this conditions, because of constitutional reasons as they said in spite of the offers from the side of the Federal Republic.Count Karl of Spreti was born in 1967 as son of an old noble bavarian family in the Kapfing- castle near Munich. He Studied atrchitecture and after the war began his political carrer as member of parliment and in following years as ambassdor of teh federal repblic in Luxemburg, Cuba, Amman and the Dominikanian Republic. Last year, Spreti was ordered to Guatemala.Photo Shows A Portrait of the ambassador Count Karl of Spretti, taken during his diplomatic carrier.
Photo measures 6 x 8.5 inches.
Photo is dated 07-07-1970.
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