Ixil Genocide Update. May 27th – 30th, 2024.
Monday May 27th, 2024 Dr. Elizabeth Oglesby, a United States researcher, presented her findings confirming forced displacement suffered by the Ixil people. Oglesby recounted her initial work in Guatemala during the 1980s in the Ixil region, which was interrupted by the murder of Myrna Mack, the head of the research team. Among the conclusions of her expertise, conducted on [...]
Ixil Genocide Update. May 20th – 24th, 2024.
Monday May 20th, 2024. The first forensic anthropology expert Raúl Humberto Archila García, who worked at the FAFG (Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation) until 2013, was present to affirm 3 expert reports on various individual and collective graves. The second expert of the day, the historian Angel Romeo Valdez Estrada, certified his report on the culture of the Ixil people, [...]
Ixil Genocide Update. May 13h – 17th, 2024.
Monday, May 13th, 2024 “Today the hearing was suspended due to a problem in the judicial branch network, which was defined as “unusual”. This made it difficult to connect the courtroom with the Military Medical Center, where the defendant, the retired general Manual Benedicto Lucas García, is being held. This unusual situation affected the testimony of 3 witnesses, 2 [...]
Actualización caso Genocidio Ixil. 27 al 30 de mayo de 2024
Lunes 27 de Mayo de 2024 Se presentó la Doctora Elizabeth Oglesby de origen estadounidense quien ratificó el peritaje de desplazamiento forzado causado a la población Ixil. Oglesby relató que llegó por primera vez a Guatemala a trabajar en la década de los ochenta en la región Ixil, pero el estudio que querían realizar fue interrumpido por el asesinato [...]
