Investigators from the attorney general's office work at the crime scene where Congressman Valentin Leal Caal and his brother Erick were shot to death in downtown Guatemala City, Friday Jan. 13, 2012. Leal Caal was a member of congress since 2008 and reelected in Nov. 2011 general elections for four more years. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Investigators from the attorney general's office work at the crime scene where Congressman Valentin Leal Caal and his brother Erick were shot to death in downtown Guatemala City, Friday Jan. 13, 2012. Leal Caal was a member of congress since 2008 and reelected in Nov. 2011 general elections for four more years. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
In this photo taken on May 5, 2009 Guatemala's Congressman Valentin Leal Caal poses for photo at the Democratic Freedom Revival party offices in Guatemala City. Leal Caal and his brother Erick were shot to death in downtown Guatemala City on Friday Jan. 13, 2012. (AP Photo)
Investigators from the attorney general's office work at the crime scene where Congressman Valentin Leal Caal and his brother Erick were shot dead inside a vehicle in downtown Guatemala City, Friday Jan. 13, 2012. Leal Caal was a member of Congress since 2008 and reelected in Nov. 2011 general elections for four more years. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Guatemala's President of Congress Roberto Alejos stands at the crime scene where Congressman Valentin Leal Caal and his brother Erick were shot to death in downtown Guatemala City, Friday Jan. 13, 2012. Leal Caal was a member of Congress since 2008 and reelected in Nov. 2011 general elections. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Congressman Gudy Rivera, left, hugs Guatemala's President of Congress Roberto Alejos at the crime scene where Congressman Valentin Leal Caal and his brother Erick were shot to death in downtown Guatemala City, Friday Jan. 13, 2012. Leal Caal was a member of Congress since 2008 and reelected in Nov. 2011 general elections. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) ? A congressman who was reportedly negotiating a switch to the law-and-order party of Guatemala's conservative president-elect was shot to death early Friday, a day before the presidential inauguration ceremony.
Investigators said two attackers killed Oscar Valentin Leal Caal and his brother outside the headquarters of the legislator's current party, the populist Democratic Freedom Revival.
Leal Caal's bodyguard was wounded by the gunmen, who abandoned their motorcycle nearby, chief investigator Fernando Gomez said.
Retired general Otto Perez Molina is being sworn in as president Saturday and he told the newspaper Prensa Libre that Leal had been receiving death threats since beginning discussions about joining Perez's conservative Patriotic Party.
Perez has pledged to crack down on organized crime and Mexican drug cartels.
Outgoing President Alvaro Colom said there was no immediate evidence the crime was linked to congressional affairs or Perez's inauguration.
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