America Magazine

Bodies emerge from Guatemala’s war-era ‘model villages’

SANTA AVELINA, Guatemala (AP) — It wasn’t only bullets and violence that killed thousands of indigenous people during Guatemala’s 1960-1996 civil war. The government forced tens of thousands of ...
Seattle Times

Hunger, illness blamed for many deaths at Guatemala’s war-era ‘model villages’

SANTA AVELINA, Guatemala — It wasn’t only bullets and violence that killed thousands of indigenous people during Guatemala’s 1960-1996 civil war. The government forced tens of thousands of farmers ...
National Catholic Reporter

Genocide on trial in Guatemala, setting model for region

For the first time in history a former head of state, Guatemala's Gen. Efraín Ríos Montt, is on trial for genocide in the country where the crime occurred. Two hundred thousand died over 36 years of ...
WTHR

Bodies emerge from Guatemala's war-era 'model villages'

SANTA AVELINA, Guatemala (AP) — It wasn't only bullets and violence that killed thousands of indigenous people during Guatemala's 1960-1996 civil war. The government forced tens of thousands of ...
Yahoo

Bodies emerge from Guatemala's war-era 'model villages'

In this Nov. 30, 2017, an Ixil Mayan carries the remains of a civil war victim to a memorial for a mass burial in Santa Avelina, Guatemala. During the civil war, the army identified the Ixil ...