Guatemala Trials August 31, 2018December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada Delay in the Maya Achí Sexual Violence Case …civil defense patrolmen who were taken into custody on May 11, 2018. They are charged with crimes against humanity in the form of sexual violence against Maya Achí women in…
Guatemala Trials July 10, 2018December 15, 2020 by Eric Witte and Jo-Marie Burt Will Guatemala Still Prosecute Suspected War Criminals Under New Attorney General? …crimes of sexual violence and crimes against humanity against some 30 Maya Achí women. These actions occurred in the context of military campaigns against the Maya Achí population in the…
Guatemala Trials March 28, 2017December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada Human Rights Groups to Inter-American Court: Impunity is Alive and Well in Guatemala …Association of Victims of Violence in the Verapaces Maya Achi (ADIVIMA), Truth and Justice Association (AVEJA), and the Molina Theissen Family, as well as human rights organizations, including the Center…
Guatemala Trials August 15, 2016December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt Congressman Ovalle and the CREOMPAZ Case: Congressional Immunity or Impunity? …in which over 250 Maya Achí were killed. Witness testimony that many of those killed were buried at MZ21 led the Attorney General’s Office to initiate exhumations there in 2012.)…
Guatemala Trials June 17, 2016December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt Eight Military Officers to Stand Trial in CREOMPAZ Grave Crimes Case …Verapaces/Maya Achí (ADIVIMA), Grupo de Apoyo Mutuo (GAM), Survivors of the Community of Plan de Sánchez, and the Association of Neighbors of Chicoyoguito. However, the court ruled that one victims’…
Guatemala Trials November 10, 2015December 15, 2020 by Sophie Beaudoin Impunity Still the Rule for Grave Crimes Committed during Guatemala’s Civil War …during the war. This includes two landmark judgments rendered by the regional court in 2012. The first case concerns the destruction of the Maya Achi community, which had settled in…