Guatemala Was Also Involved In Tuskegee experiment

American scientists intentionally contaminated criminals and patients in a mental medical center in Guatemala with syphilis 60 years ago, a lately uncovered research that caused U.S. authorities to atone Friday and announce anger over “such reprehensible experiment.”

“We are outraged that such reprehensible research could have occurred under the guise of public health,” Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said of the Guatemalan project Friday.

White House media secretary Robert Gibbs said President Barack Obama had been consulted about the scenario and prepared to call Guatemala’s president, Alvaro Colom.

“Obviously this is shocking, it’s tragic, it’s reprehensible,” Gibbs said. “It’s tragic and the U.S. by all means apologizes to all those who were impacted.”