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Guatemala: Court Finds Ex-Officers Guilty of Forcing Women into Sexual Slavery

HeadlineMar 02, 2016

In a historic ruling in Guatemala, two ex-military officers have been found guilty of forcing 11 indigenous Mayan women into sexual slavery during the the U.S.-backed dirty wars of the 1980s. A former lieutenant colonel and a former paramilitary officer have been sentenced to a total of 360 years in prison. The trial comes after decades of organizing by Mayan women.

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