The Massacre of a Trial for Genocide Benedicto Lucas García, a parachutist trained by France and the United States, was an iconic leader of the Guatemalan counterinsurgency. Decades after the horror, as some of the remaining Maya Ixil victims made the trek from the mountains of Quiché to Guatemala City to demand accountability for when Benedicto’s troops razed their villages, they found a justice system in ruins. The old retired general was about to launch his last counteroffensive in a trial collapsing from within.

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Defense Strategy and Guatemalan AG’s Decisions Reduce Odds of Genocide Conviction In the genocide trial against retired military commander Benedicto Lucas García, initially expected to end three weeks ago, the defense has attempted to recuse the court to delay sentencing. Last-minute tension is affecting proceedings: A judge is now on medical leave, and Attorney General Consuelo Porras removed five prosecutors from the case. Victims asked for international support to achieve the justice they have sought for more than 40 years.

‘Defense Strategy and Guatemalan AG’s Decisions Reduce Odds of Genocide Conviction’
Yuliana Ramazzini
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#GuatemalaGenocide
#GuatemalaSiHuboGenocidio

Defense Strategy and Guatemalan AG’s Decisions Reduce Odds of Genocide Conviction In the genocide trial against retired military commander Benedicto Lucas García, initially expected to end three weeks ago, the defense has attempted to recuse the court to delay sentencing. Last-minute tension is affecting proceedings: A judge is now on medical leave, and Attorney General Consuelo Porras removed five prosecutors from the case. Victims asked for international support to achieve the justice they have sought for more than 40 years.

‘Defense Strategy and Guatemalan AG’s Decisions Reduce Odds of Genocide Conviction’
Yuliana Ramazzini
@elfaroenglish.bsky.social
#Guatemala
#GuatemalaCorruption
#GuatemalaPactoDeCorruptos
#GuatemalaGenocide
#GuatemalaSiHuboGenocidio