Pontifical Swiss Guard controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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1998
Murder of commander Alois Estermann
On the day of his promotion, commander Alois Estermann and his wife Gladys Meza Romero were killed by guardsman Cédric Tornay, who then died by suicide. The case attracted conspiracy theories and sustained media attention; later reporting attributed the act to personal motives.