Guatemala judge orders soldiers to stand trial for peasant massacre
A Guatemalan judge ruled Wednesday that three soldiers charged in connection with a 1982 peasant massacre that left more than 260 dead will face trial. Of the 17 soldiers accused of committing crimes against humanity during...
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on Wednesday arrested a South Florida man accused of involvement in Guatemala's December 1982 massacre that left more than 250 dead. Authorities claim that Gilberto Jordan illegally concealed...
Guatemala ex-colonel sentenced to prison for enforced disappearances in civil war
A retired Guatemalan colonel has been sentenced to 53 years in prison for his role in the disappearance of eight indigenous Guatemalans during the 36-year Guatemalan civil war . A three-judge court Thursday found Col. Marco Antonio Sanchez...
Guatemala court convicts paramilitary in first enforced disappearance trial
A Guatemalan paramilitary was convicted and sentenced to 150 years in prison for the enforced disappearance of six indigenous persons during the Guatemalan civil war . The trial of Felipe Cusanero, which began in 2008, was...
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights commemorated the International Day of the Disappeared Monday, calling on states to eliminate enforced disappearances and ratify the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from...
Rights group urges Guatemala to approve civil war search commission
Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday urged the Guatemalan Congress to approve a law establishing a National Search Commission for the Persons Forcibly and Involuntarily Disappeared. The proposed legislation was presented to...
Guatemalan reparations program for civil war victims' families about more than compensation
Amanda Martin : "In April 2005, the United Nations Human Rights Commission adopted a set of international principles on reparations for victims of human rights violations. These include restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction, and guarantees of non-repetition....
Guatemala files criminal complaints for human rights violations during civil war
The director of Guatemala's National Compensation Program Cesar Davila announced Friday that the Guatemalan government has filed more than 3,000 criminal complaints for human rights violations allegedly committed during the country's 1960-1996 civil war...
The first trial of a defendant accused of involvement in "forced disappearances" during Guatemala's 36-year civil war opened Monday. Felipe Cusanero, a former member of a civilian paramilitary unit, is alleged to have been responsible for the...
Guatemala panel to declassify documents on civil war-era rights abuses
Guatemala on Monday announced plans to declassify documents describing human rights abuses committed by its military during the country's 1960-1996 civil war . Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom has created a panel...
