Verdict in Guatemala Expected for Massacre from Ríos Montt Years

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Jo-Marie Burt

A 1982 massacre took 25 Indigenous Mayan lives, including 15 children, allegedly at the hands of the Guatemalan army. Jo-Marie Burt writes in Central America’s largest digital media outlet, El Faro, a judgement is expected soon—but will a guilty verdict change anything?