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Victor Montejo
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Jakaltek scholar and activist
Fled Guatemala in 1982 ph.D. in anthropology from university of Connecticut Professor emeritus in Native American studies at UC davis Member of Guartemala national congress |
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Rebellion in Guatemala stats
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in 1960 junior officers rebelled until 1996
150,000 died, many others injured or widowed violence climaxed during 1978-1982 under General Lucas Garcia and General Rios Montt |
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Lucas Garcia and General Rios Montt scorched earth campaign
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ran the scorched earth campaign: Guerrillas were reported to come from Mayan villages so they killed them and burned villages
in 1998 93% of violence was attributed to military violence, only 3% to the Guerrillas |
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Efrain Rios Montt
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Gave all power to the military, planned to kill ixils (indigenous people)
His plan to kill ixil people was a factor in his conviction after he went to trial in 2013 (convicted on May 10th) His conviction was overturned May 20th but the trial will recontinue January 2015 |
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Otto Perez Molina
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Genocide
- current president of Guatemala - testimony of soldiers during Montt trial have implicated him in genocide Soldiers on order from him were involved in burning and looting |
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Genocide and Natives
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Many countries do not admit genocide
The US has been supporting genocide in an effort to keep communism out of countries |
