Photo by NISGUA. Defense witnesses testify in the Ixil Genocide Trial. Tuesday, July 16. Weekly Update for July 15-18 Monday, July 15, hearing 47 On Monday the 15th, the lawyers of Manuel Benedicto Lucas García presented 2 witnesses on behalf of the defendant. At the request of the [...]
Foto de NISGUA. Testigos de la defensa declaran en el Juicio por Genocidio Ixil. Martes, 16 de julio. Lunes 15 de julio, audiencia 47 El lunes 15, las abogadas de Manuel Benedicto Lucas García presentaron a 2 testigos en favor del acusado. A petición de la defensa se [...]
Members of the CRLN delegation and members of NISGUA leaving a visit to a witness in the genocide case against Lucas García, in the Ixil region. Credits: Juan V. Miembros de la delegación de CRLN y miembros de NISGUA saliendo de la visita a un testigo del caso por [...]
Photo by NISGUA. Jennifer Harbury sits before the court on July 16th, 2024. On July 16th, Jennifer Harbury, the widow of Efraín Bámaca Velásquez (also known as Comandante Everardo), was to declare for the first time in front of a Guatemalan court, more than three decades after her [...]
The photograph reads “Peritajes Genocidio Ixil. The expert in forensic anthropology, Danny Aroldo Guzmán, concluded today before the First Court of Criminal Sentence that is conducting the trial against former general Manuel Benedicto Lucas García, that 44th day of hearings, Guatemala July 8, 2024." Picture by FGER Monday, [...]
Tuesday July 2nd, Hearing 41 Expert witness Alejandro Valencia Villa was presented himself by videoconference to ratify his 2015 expert report, based on International Humanitarian Criminal Law. The expert witness has previously worked in Guatemala, in the cases of the Diario Militar, Molina Theissen and the Chichupac Massacre. One [...]
Martes 25 de junio, audiencia 39 Al inicio de la audiencia la licenciada de los querellantes,. Jovita Tzul solicitó a los Jueces que, debido a que se le otorgó un amparo a la defensa de Manuel Benedicto Lucas García, con el que se dejó fuera el testimonio del Perito [...]
Tuesday June 25th, hearing 39 At the beginning of the hearing, the plaintiffs' attorney, Jovita Tzul, requested that the judges, due to the fact that the defense of Manuel Benedicto Lucas García was granted an injunction which left out the testimony of expert witness Benjamín Carleoni, analyze and rule [...]
Youth in Copal AA march towards the river with signs denouncing contamination of the earth and water. Photo by NISGUA internacionalistas. Jóvenes de Copal AA marchan hacia el río con carteles que denuncian la contaminación de la tierra y el agua. Fotografía por internacionalistas de NISGUA (Español [...]
Tuesday June 18th, Hearing 37 “I saw with my own eyes and felt with my own body all the pain that the army caused” Tiburcio Utuy (✝) On the 37th day of hearings, the Public Prosecutor's Office presented four previews of evidence from survivors, whose testimonies were [...]
Martes 18 de junio, audiencia 37 “Lo vi con mis propios ojos y sentí con mi propio cuerpo todo el dolor que causó el ejército” Tiburcio Utuy (✝) En el día 37 del juicio, el Ministerio Público presentó cuatro anticipos de prueba de sobrevivientes, cuyos testimonios fueron [...]
Monday June 10th, 2024, Hearing 34 "Repression also reached the civilian population that the army considered sympathetic or collaborator to the guerrilla." Kate Doyle On Monday, attorney Peralta, defense of Benedicto Lucas Garcia, began her interrogation of expert witness Kate Doyle. The expert explained the legal steps involved in [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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. [...]
Hearings accompanied by AJR Rabinal region Monday May 6th, 2024 Diego Avilés Toma, Cajixay, San Juan Cotzal Witness Diego Avilés recounted that his village was burned by elements of the Guatemalan army on January 8, 1982. The witness heard shouts that the army was coming and he hid [...]
Audiencias acompañadas por AJR región Rabinal Lunes 6 de mayo Diego Avilés Toma, Cajixay, San Juan Cotzal El testigo Diego Avilés relató que su aldea fue quemada por elementos del ejército de Guatemala, el 8 de enero de 1982. El testigo escuchó gritos de que el ejército estaba [...]
Monday April 29 Hearing attended by Ancestral Indigenous Authorities of the Ixil Region First witness: Petrona López de Paz, Estrella Polar. The witness lived in Estrella Polar on March 23rd of 1982, when soldiers arrived in the community carrying weapons at around 5pm and told them that there was [...]
(ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Twenty-five years since the publication of the military intelligence document known as the Dossier of Death (Dossier de la Muerte) or Military Diary, families, victims and survivors of State terror and the politics of forced disappearances; Claim the memory and struggle of our relatives, who were repressed [...]
John Sutton, ¡presente! John Sutton, defensor incansable de las luchas por la liberación de los pueblos, ha dejado un vacío imposible de llenar. Su legado, marcado por su compromiso inquebrantable con la conciencia y la acción por la justicia en Guatemala y más allá, resonará a lo largo del [...]
John Sutton, presente! John Sutton, tireless community leader for peoples' liberation struggles, has left a void that is impossible to fill. His legacy, marked by his unwavering commitment to awareness and action for justice in Guatemala and beyond, will resonate throughout time. John was much more than an activist; [...]
Esta semana en la sala de audiencia hay colocados biombos que protegen la identidad de las mujeres víctimas de violencia sexual quienes brindaron su testimonio. Acompañaron en la sala de audiencias representantes de las Autoridades Indígenas Ancestrales Ixíles, una representación de mujeres Maya Achí, también sobrevivientes de violencia sexual [...]
This week, they placed screens in the courtoom that protect the identities of the women who were victims of sexual violence as they gave their testimony. With them in the courtroom were representatives of the Ancestral Ixil Indigenous, Maya Achi women, who are also survivors of sexual violence in [...]
Antecedentes. Después de 36 años, Guatemala puso fin al Conflicto Armado Interno –CAI-, con el definitivo cese al fuego y la firma del Acuerdo de Paz firme y duradera el 29 de diciembre de 1996. Previamente, mediante el Acuerdo de Oslo (1994), las partes acuerdan la creación de la [...]
Durante la época del gobierno militar de Romeo Lucas García (1978-1982), el Estado y el ejército guatemaltecos diseñaron e implementaron su política de genocidio. Mientras Romero Lucas García estuvo en el poder, más de 1.700 personas fueron víctimas de los delitos de genocidio, desaparición forzada y crímenes de lesa [...]
Durante la semana del 15 al 19 de abril continuó el juicio por el Genocidio Ixil contra Benedicto Lucas García. Durante las audiencias estuvieron presentes miembros de la Asociación para la Justicia y Reconciliación (AJR), Autoridades Ancestrales Indígenas Ixiles de Nebaj y miembros de la sociedad civil nacional e [...]
The Ixil Genocide trial against Benedicto Lucas García continued this week, April 15-19. During the hearings, members of the Association for Justice and Reconciliation (AJR) were present, as well as members of of the Ancestral Ixil Indigenous Authorities of Nebaj, and representatives from civil society and the international community. [...]
(ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Guatemala, April 22nd, 2024. The members of the National Platform of Organizations of Victims of the Internal Armed Conflict condemn the inhumane and despicable acts committed by the army against the Maya Ixil people during the dictatorship of Romeo Lucas Garcia (1978-1982). In particular, we repudiate the [...]
This week, the hearings were accompanied by members of the Association for Justice and Reconciliation (AJR) of the Kaqchikel region, Ancestral Indigenous Authorities of the Ixil region of Nebaj and various national and international civil society organizations. Monday, April 8th, 2024 On the third day of hearings [...]
On April 5th, 2024, the oral and public debate against former military officer: Benedicto Lucas García, accused in the Ixil Genocide case and driven by the Association for Justice and Reconciliation (AJR), was resumed by the High-Risk "A" Court. The Public Ministry stated in its opening arguments that it [...]
[ESPAÑOL ABAJO] People connected to the Denver Justice & Peace Committee in solidarity with the Ixil People. The process brings to mind critical and harsh situations from Guatemala's history. We honor the struggle and resistance of the Association for Justice and Reconciliation (AJR) as survivors, victims, relatives of victims, [...]
¡Bienvenides a la Actualización Solidaria de Marzo! Este mes, nos sumergimos en una serie de actividades y temas cruciales que marcan la pauta en el ámbito de la justicia y los derechos humanos. Destacamos el caso de justicia en transición de la Cumbre de Alaska en Guatemala, un hito [...]
Welcome to the March Solidarity Update! This month, we participated in a series of critical activities and topics that are setting the stage for the field of justice and human rights. We highlight the transitional justice case of the Alaska Summit Massacre, a milestone that represents an important step [...]
On March 25, 2024, the first hearing of the Oral and Public Debate was held against former General Benedicto Lucas García, for the crimes of genocide, sexual violence and crimes against humanity, committed during the dictatorship of his brother Romeo Lucas García (1978-1982). Ancestral Indigenous Authorities of the Ixil [...]
[ESPAÑOL ABAJO] The Association for Justice and Reconciliation –AJR- And the Office of Human Rights of the Archbishop of Guatemala -ODHAG-. To the national and international public opinion: After 23 years since the first complaint was filed in 2001, on March 25 and 26, 2024, the Criminal Sentencing, Drug [...]
Background. After 36 years, Guatemala put an end to the Internal Armed Conflict –IAC-, with the definitive ceasefire and the signing of the firm and lasting Peace Agreement on December 29th of 1996. Previously, through the Oslo Accords (1994), the parties agreed to the creation of the Commission for [...]
[ESPAÑOL ABAJO] 11 years after the first massacre in times of peace, against the Maya K’iche’ people of Totonicapán, which took place on October 4th, 2012, the Board of Directors of the 48 Cantons, widows, victims, survivors and the people of Totonicapán demand justice and a conviction [...]
![[ENG] A painting with a white background and gold border with two black and white photographs of victims of the Internal Armed Conflict in Guatemala. Behind the painting is a cross painted in black with white letters that read: "1982," both supported by metal chairs, on one side there are yellow flowers.](https://nisgua.org/wp-content/uploads/14-2-320x202.jpeg)
On February 25th of each year, Guatemala commemorates the "National Day of Dignification for the Victims of the Internal Armed Conflict (IAC)." Survivors and family members marched on Sunday the 25th from the Human Rights Plaza at the Palace of Justice to the National Palace of Culture, in zone [...]
