1981–1983; commission finding 1999
Genocidal violenceSupplement
Guatemalan army campaigns against Maya communities
Guatemala; Maya peoples
Counterinsurgency operations targeted Indigenous communities through massacres and destruction. The UN-supported Historical Clarification Commission later found acts of genocide against Maya groups in examined regions.
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Context / qualification
The genocide finding concerns defined acts, periods and regions; it should not be generalized without specifying the commission’s findings.