Human rights arrests in Guatemala hit close to president-elect Jimmy Morales (Jan. 7, 2016)
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Guatemalan authorities detained 18 former military officers yesterday in relation to massacres and disappearances in the 1980's, a particularly bloody period in the country's 36-year civil war, reports the New York Times. The Associated Press reports 14 arrests, including Benedicto Lucas Garcia, a former army commander credited with founding paramilitary groups during the 1960-1996 conflict and brother of the late military ruler Fernando Romeo Lucas García.
Human rights arrests in Guatemala hit close to president-elect Jimmy Morales (Jan. 7, 2016)
Human rights arrests in Guatemala hit close…
Human rights arrests in Guatemala hit close to president-elect Jimmy Morales (Jan. 7, 2016)
Guatemalan authorities detained 18 former military officers yesterday in relation to massacres and disappearances in the 1980's, a particularly bloody period in the country's 36-year civil war, reports the New York Times. The Associated Press reports 14 arrests, including Benedicto Lucas Garcia, a former army commander credited with founding paramilitary groups during the 1960-1996 conflict and brother of the late military ruler Fernando Romeo Lucas García.