Lucas García Archives

AJR statement: Dementia and amnesia will not erase the perpetrators’ crimes.

On January 4, the oral and public debate for the Ixil Lucas García genocide case was scheduled to begin. A day before, a hearing was held to conclude on the mental health of Manuel Callejas y Callejas. The court resolved the cessation of criminal prosecution in an ordinary trial [...]

nisgua_admin2024-01-16T17:13:18+00:00January 15th, 2024|Justice and accountability|

Ixil Genocide Case – Lucas Garcia

During the time of the military government of Romeo Lucas García (1978-1982), the Guatemalan state and army designed and implemented its policy of genocide. While Romero Lucas García was in power, more than 1,700 people were victims of the crimes of genocide, forced disappearance and crimes against humanity by [...]

nisgua_admin2024-04-08T19:43:18+00:00July 1st, 2022|Justice and accountability|