Army Sec. Ryan McCarthy pledges to recommend to the DoD Sec. that the agency's inspector general will do a 'full, independent' review of the slaying of Spec. Vanessa Guillen, Latino lawmakers and advocates who met with McCarthy say. - NBCLatino
"I think this is a step in the right direction; he did assure me that all their findings will be available to Congress," García said.
"We believe these cases have exposed a systematic problem within the Army and other branches of the military," Domingo García said. Federal prosecutors have accused Cecily Aguilar of Killeen with helping to mutilate and dispose of Guillen's body and charged her in the case. Aguilar told authorities that another soldier, identified as Spec. Aaron Robinson, 20, hit Guillen on the head with a hammer at Fort Hood on April 22, according to a criminal complaint.
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