Guatemala's Civil War

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Guatemala's Civil War

• Early 1960's-1996's
• More than 200,000 people killed
• Missing : 40,000 people

Guerrillas: Groups trying to overthrow the government. The guerillas believed in egalitarianism, the belief in the equality of all people . Guerrillas
"" They typically involve concern for those in society who are perceived as disadvantaged relative to others and an assumption that there are unjustified inequalities that need to be abolished ""

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Genocide was happening at the time of the civil war. The Mayan people had suffer through all of the effects. Many migrated because of this by the 1970"s.

“After having killed our wives, they brought out our children. They grabbed their feet and beat their heads against the house posts. I had six children. They all died, and my wife as well.. All my life my heart will cry because of it.”
– survivor in Huehuetenango, Guatemala

A survivor
""We survivors hid in the forests those nights, as soldiers were still patrolling, looking for any villager they could find. In the night, dogs would come and eat at the bodies of our loved ones. We would try and bury them, but we didn't have enough time, and still the dogs would come, dig them up, and eat at them.""

escuadrones de la muerte"

"" When it started getting dark, everyone would go inside their houses. People kept their doors locked. People would say they saw a truck just taking people ""escuadrone de la muerte"". They were either were killed or they just went missing.""
-Irma Ortiz

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• http://espressostalinist.com/genocide/guatemalan-genocide/
• http://ashleysgroup.tripod.com/
• http://www.crimesofwar.org/a-z-guide/death-squads/