1. Guatemala Genocide

2. Perpetrators When: March 23, 1982 – August 8, 1983 Who: Guatemalan dictator during civil war Efrain Rios Montt (1926 – Present) Dictator of Guatemala Jose Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez (1946 – Present) Chief of Military Intelligence

3. Ixil Genocide Victims Dead: 1,771 Causes: Torture, mass executions Targets: Indigenous Ixil Mayans Refugees and IDPs: up to 200,000 Uncovering mass graves of the Ixil.

4. Refugees How many?: up to 200,000 between 1981 - 1984 Where did they go?: Mexico How were they treated?: Registered and allowed to stay in camps or local communities in Mexico Who supported them?: UNHCR, the Mexican government Did they go home?: 43,000 returned to Guatemala in 1999

5. Summary of Genocide - Timeline March 23, 1982: Rios Montt seized power in a coup. July 1982: Guatemalan Army descended on the Ixil region, burning houses, murdering men, women, kids, destroying fields, killing livestock. March 1982 August 1983 August 8, 1983: General Mejia Victores overthrew Rios Montt. December 1982: Massacre in the town of Dos Erres where soldiers killed more than 250 people. April 1982: Rios Montt launched a “scorched-earth” campaign against the Ixil.

6. What’s Happened Since? 1996: End of Guatemalan civil war. 1999: A UN-sponsored group found the Guatemalan government responsible for the 1982 genocide. July 2006: A Spanish court charged Rios Montt and 8 others with torture, genocide and state terrorism, but Guatemalan courts declared the arrest warrants invalid. March 19, 2013: Rios Montt trial before Guatemala Supreme Court started. May 10, 2013: Guatemalan Supreme Court sentenced Rios Montt to 80 years in prison for genocide and crimes against humanity. July 2015: Rios Montt was found mentally incapable of standing trial

7. Resources “Rios Montt Trial a Milestone for Justice”: Human Rights Watch press release: https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/28/guatemala-rios-montt-trial-milestone-justice https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/28/guatemala-rios-montt-trial-milestone-justice “State of Violence in Guatemala, 1960-1996”: American Association for the Advancement of Science: http://www.aaas.org/sites/default/files/migrate/uploads/Guatemala_en.pdf http://www.aaas.org/sites/default/files/migrate/uploads/Guatemala_en.pdf Frontline World Timeline: http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/guatemala704/history/timeline.html# http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/guatemala704/history/timeline.html# The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-maya-genocide-trial http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-maya-genocide-trial