Five Years After the Arrest of Officials Implicated in the Military Diary Case, Families Continue to Await Justice
On May 27th, 2021, the Guatemalan government arrested eleven former members of its military for crimes committed during the Internal Armed Conflict. These crimes are logged in the "Military Diary" a fifty-four page document leaked to the US National Security Archive and made public on May 20th, 1999. The document details the murder and forced disappearance of 183 people between [...]
Luz Leticia Hernández Agustín: More Than 40 Years of Searching, Truth, and Justice (Part 2)
This is the second part in a series of informational texts published by NISGUA, translated from materials produced by FAMDEGUA (Families of the Detained Disappeared of Guatemala) and Verdad y Justicia, about the forced disappearance of Luz Leticia Hernández Agustín. Read Part 1 here. LUZ LETICIA HERNÁNDEZ AGUSTÍN CASE: MORE THAN 40 YEARS OF [...]
Luz Leticia Hernández Agustín: More Than 40 Years of Searching, Truth, and Justice (Part 1)
This is the first in a series of informational texts published by NISGUA, translated from materials produced by FAMDEGUA (Families of the Detained Disappeared of Guatemala) and Verdad y Justicia, about the forced disappearance of Luz Leticia Hernández Agustín. In November 1982, at the height of one of the bloodiest periods of Guatemala's Internal Armed Conflict, Luz Leticia Hernández [...]
Statement from COI: 13 Years After the Genocide Verdict, Justice Still Pending
Unofficial translation by the Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA). You can find the original statement in Spanish further below. Coalition of Ixil Organizations – COI WITH THE ENERGY OF OUR IXIL GRANDMOTHERS AND GRANDFATHERS, MAY 12, 2026, WE: FAMILY MEMBERS AND SURVIVORS OF THE INTERNAL ARMED CONFLICT, IXIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS UNITED UNDER THE [...]
Statement from AJR: Victims of the Ixil Genocide Condemn Third Suspension of Mendoza García Trial
Unofficial translation by the Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA). You can find the original statement in Spanish further below. STATEMENT WE CONDEMN THE DELAYS OF THE START OF THE GENOCIDE TRIAL. THE VICTIMS DEMAND JUSTICE The families of the victims and survivors of the genocide, committed by state forces during the internal armed conflict in [...]
✨ April Solidarity Update
April in Guatemala arrives as a moment of transition — as the first rains approach, many Maya calendars signal a time of balance, preparation, and renewal. It is also a time to remember that the past is not behind us: the legacies of the Internal Armed Conflict remain present in the lives of communities, in ongoing struggles for truth [...]