The lawyer of the families was briefly detained in December 2000 for comments implying that the serial killings were part of a campaign by death squads aimed at silencing the opposition.
2000年12月家属的律师被短期拘留，因为他在发表看法时暗示这一系列谋杀是旨在使对立者保持沉默的杀人团伙的活动之一部分。