You turn to us for voices you won't hear anywhere else.

Sign up for Democracy Now!'s Daily Digest to get our latest headlines and stories delivered to your inbox every day.

Guatemala: 8 Ex-Military Members Face Trial for Killings

HeadlineJun 08, 2016

In Guatemala, eight former military members have been detained and are facing trial on charges of forced disappearances and crimes against humanity during the decades-long, U.S.-backed dirty war against Guatemala’s indigenous communities. The eight are accused of overseeing the killings of people found in mass graves.

Topics:
The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top