On January 17th, chaos erupted in Guatemala’s prison system when members of the Barrio 18 gang rioted in three different prisons (Renovación I, Fraijanes 2 and el Preventivo de la Zona 18) and took 46 people hostage. Prison authorities and police were eventually able to regain control of the situation [...]
Luis Pacheco and Hectór Chaclán criminalized for their role in protecting democracy. Photo credit: Meme Solano via Prensa Comunitaria In its latest attack on Indigenous Peoples’ collective organizing and democracy itself, the Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP) unjustly arrested Luis Pacheco and Héctor Chaclán, the former president and former [...]
CCDA leadership reads a statement denouncing corrupt actors threatening communities with eviction. After receiving information indicating that even more forced evictions may be carried out in the next few days, the CCDA shared the following: Statement from the Campesino Committee of the Highlands (CCDA) Greetings to the people [...]
Ancestral Authorities stand alongside the President and Vice President elect. Photo: Festivales Solidarios Inauguration is around the corner: on January 14, Berardo Arévalo should assume the presidency, following his landslide win in August. But Guatemala's "Pact of the Corrupt" is pulling out all the stops to try to [...]
Over the past decade in Guatemala, criminalization has increasingly served as a strategy to stifle public participation in civic life. In most cases, Guatemalan authorities have collaborated with both business and military interests to criminalize those who seek justice and fight against impunity. Unending criminalization of Indigenous land defenders Early [...]
(Photo taken during manifestations in the capital. The sign reads: No danger, killer state. Gendri Reyes: leave your position now. Alejandro Giammattei: Stop lying. Consuelo Porras: stop surveilling!) Por María Reyes El jueves 13 de enero del 2022, el pleno del Congreso de la República aprobó el Acuerdo 1-2022, [...]
(Photo taken during manifestations in the capital. The sign reads: No danger, killer state. Gendri Reyes: leave your position now. Alejandro Giammattei: Stop lying. Consuelo Porras: stop surveilling!) Written by María Reyes On Thursday, January 13th, 2022, the plenary of the Congress of the Republic approved Agreement 1-2022, by [...]
During the first quarter of 2022, several former justice officials have been arrested, including Leyly Santizo, former employee of the International Commission Against Impunity (CICIG), and Siomara Sosa, former prosecutor of the Special Prosecutor's Office against Impunity (FECI). According to the Attorney General’s Office (MP), this is part of an [...]
Escrito por: Maria Reyes El pasado 7 de junio, en el Congreso Guatemalteco la bancada Valor que dirige Zury Ríos hija Ríos Montt, presentó la iniciativa de ley 5920 o ley de consolidación de la paz y de la reconciliación, también conocida como “Ley de Amnistía”. La propuesta de ley [...]
