Buried Secrets: Truth and Human Rights in Guatemala

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Between the late 1970s and the mid 1980s, Guatemala used to be torn by a civil war which came to be referred to as La Violencia. All through this time of mass terror and extreme violence, more than 600 massacres occurred in villages destroyed by the military, one and a half million people were displaced, and more than 200,000 civilians murdered. 83% of the sufferers were Maya, the indigenous people of Guatemala. Buried Secrets brings these chilling statistics to life as it chronicles the journey of Mayan survivors looking for truth, justice, and community healing and demonstrates that the Guatemalan army carried out a systematic and intentional genocide against the Maya. Victoria Sanford provides us with an insider’s have a look at the workings of the Commission for Historical Clarification during the exhumation of clandestine cemeteries. The book is according to exhaustive research, including more than 400 testimonies from massacre survivors, interviews with members of the forensic team, human rights leaders, high-ranking military officers, guerrilla combatants, and government officials. Buried Secrets traces truth-telling and political change from isolated Maya villages to national political events, and provides a unique look into the experiences of Maya survivors as they fight to rebuild their communities and lives.

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