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A civil war broke out in Guatemala, with many opposition groups trying to take down the governmet. Some were non-violent, but others were very ruthless. The Mayan Indians were poor and had little in their fight against the government, The URNG, a combination made from many violent groups, targeted them because they were the weakest,
Genocide in Guatemala
The Silent Holocaust
Mayans feared these soldiers
The horror stopped after two years, but there was still a lot to be done. Talks of peace failed in 1991, and it took five years for them to actually sign an agreement. Many of the people responsible for the killings were protected by amnesty laws. Some Mayans are still oppressed today.
The killings started in 1982, and the government took no mercy on the Mayans. They would beat children, rape women, pillage towns, and cut open the wombs of the pergnant. Many revolutionaries tried to help, but there simply were not enough of them.
Digging up remains from the genocide.
