If you’ve found my blog because you’ve read Caminar and you’re wondering what might have happened legally to the soldiers who massacred villages in Guatemala just a few years ago, CNN had a good summary piece over the weekend that explains what has happened and what is happening to people who fight for justice in Guatemala even today.
Here’s a snippet:
“The courtroom erupted in cheers after former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt was found guilty of genocide in May 2013 for allegedly allowing massacres of more than 1,700 indigenous Ixil Mayans in the early 1980s.
Hundreds dressed in traditional ethnic “hupils,” crossed their arms over their chests in a sign of gratitude to the tribunal for being the first in the world to try a head of state for genocide in his own country’s judicial system.
But the verdict would only stick for 10 days.”
Read the whole article, with photos, here. A heads-up to teachers and librarians that some of the photos might be too graphic for young audiences.