Four soldiers charged for 1982 massacre in Guatemala

Posted on August 4, 2011 • Filed under: Crime, Guatemala, Police/Military Activity

Four soldiers from the Guatemalan military were charged with 50 years of prison each for the murder of 201 farmers in Dos Erres village in 1982 according to El Pais. The event, which occurred during clashes between the de facto regimes and Marxist guerrillas, is considered on of the bloodiest massacres in that decade. Based on testimonies, the soldiers tortured and killed the villagers and sexually abused the women. Read article.

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