Guatemalan Genocide against Mayan 200,000 MURDERED, 50,000 “DISSAPEARED”
Guatemalan Genocide against Mayan Peoples Death Toll: 250,000 200,000 MURDERED, 50,000 “DISSAPEARED” 500,000 TO 1.5 MILLION MAYAN CIVILIANS FLED TO OTHER REGIONS WITHIN THE COUNTRY OR BECAME REFUGEES ABROAD “The well-documented belief by the army that the entire Ixil Indian population is pro-EGP has created a situation in which the army can be expected to give no quarter to combatants and non-combatants alike.” — “Counterinsurgency Operations in El Quiché“, February 1982, Central Intelligence Agency, secret cable, in National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 11 U.S. POLICY IN GUATEMALA, 1966-1996 Kate Doyle and Carlos Osorio. Available at: http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB11/docs/ Accessed: August 18, 2009. “After having killed our wives, they brought out our children. They grabbed their feet and beat their heads against the house posts. I had six children. They all died, and my wife as well.. All my life my heart will cry because of it.” ...