September Solidarity Update // Actualización Solidaria de Septiembre 2024
Members of the delegation assemble before beginning their journey. Photo by NISGUA // Integrantes de la delegación se reúnen antes de iniciar su viaje. Foto de NISGUA (Español abajo) Dear NISGUA friends, As we continue our commitment to accompanying survivors and standing for justice, we bring you updates on the ongoing Ixil genocide trial against Benedicto Lucas [...]
Actualización del caso Genocidio Ixil. Del 18 al 19 de septiembre del 2024
Miércoles 18 de septiembre audiencia 72 Este día se presentó el perito en arqueología forense Donaldo Arnulfo Castillo Valdez. Ratificó 3 peritajes que realizó cuando trabajaba con el Centro de Análisis Forense y Ciencias Aplicadas (CAFCA) y que corresponden al tiempo de la acusación en contra de Benedicto Lucas García. Los peritajes versan sobre exhumaciones en enterramientos clandestinos. El [...]
Ixil Genocide Case Update. September 18-19, 2024
Wednesday, September 18th, hearing 72 On this day the expert in forensic anthropology Donaldo Arnulfo Castillo Valdez was presented. He ratified 3 expert reports which he conducted when he worked with the Center of Forensic Analysis and Applied Sciences (CAFCA, for its Spanish acronym) and which correspond to the time period of the accusation against Benedicto Lucas García. The [...]
Actualización del caso Genocidio Ixil. Del 9 al 12 de septiembre del 2024
Lunes 9 de septiembre, audiencia 69 Este día se presentó la perito Claudia Eugenia Rivera Fernández, quien ratificó 4 peritajes. El primero está relacionado a la exhumación realizada en Acul, Nebaj, Quiché de fecha 20 de abril de 1998. En esta se recuperaron 23 personas quienes, según testimonios, fueron asesinadas por elementos del ejército el 21 de abril de [...]
Ixil Genocide Case Update. September 9-12, 2024
Monday, September 9, hearing 69 The expert witness Claudia Eugenia Rivera Fernandez appeared and ratified 4 expert reports. The first is related to the exhumation carried out in Acul, Nebaj, Quiché on April 20, 1998. In this exhumation, 23 people were recovered who, according to testimonies, were killed by elements of the army on April 21, 1981. It was [...]
Ixil Genocide Case Update. September 2nd 2024
September 2, 2024, Hearing 68 On Monday, September 2, the expert Guillermo Vázquez appeared at the Court via zoom call from the Guatemalan consulate in Mexico. His first expert report corresponds to the one carried out in the Xecax canton, where 34 skeletons were recovered, of which 31 were identified. The expert pointed out that some remains were consumed [...]