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Mayan Protests
Mayan citizens begin participating in protests and riots against the government, wanting equality -
Operation Sophia
The Guatemalan army begins operation Sophia, designed to destroy guerrilla insurgents and their base, primarily targeting the Mayan People -
Silent Holocauste
626 villages destroyed, 200,000 Mayan citizens killed, tortured, maimed or disappeared by the army over the course of 3 years -
Nearing the End
The killing begin to slow down, leaving 1.5 million people displaced and more than 150,000 escaped to Mexico -
Oslo Accords
The armed conflict comes to an official end as the Guatemalan government signs the Oslo accords with the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (URNG). The accords also ordered the U.S to organize a commission of Historical Clarification(CEH) -
Commission of Historical Clarification
The investigation into the Guatemalan Genocide begins, funded by many countries including the United States. -
Convictions
3 former members in the 'civil patrol' were convicted in the first case arising the genocide -
Guatemala: Memory of Silence
The CEH report is released, stating that a governmental policy of genocide was carried out against the Mayan Indians including these four groups of Mayans (the Ixil Mayas; the Q'anjob'al and Chuj Mayas; the K'iche' Mayas of Joyabaj, Zacualpa and Chiché; and the Achi Mayas) -
Military Commissioner Felipe Cusanero
Commissioner Felipe Cusanero is sentenced to 150 years in prison after being convicted of forced disappearance of 6 members of the Choatulum indigenous community -
General Héctor Mario López Fuentes
General Héctor Mario López Fuentes was caught and charged with genocide and crimes against humanity -
Dos Erres
four soldiers were sentenced to 30 years for each murder plus 30 years for crimes against humanity, totaling 6,060 years each for the killings in a village of Dos Erres
