These photographs were given to us by a young man from Totonicapán. Please contact us for more information regarding the photographer.
Demonstrators gathered at five different points along the
highway. This photograph was taken at the entrance to Santa Caterina Ixtahuacan
where soldiers opened fire on the crowd.
Immediately
following the attack, Otto Perez and his Defense Minister, Ulises Anzueto,
claimed that the soldiers were not armed.
Violence
in Totonicapán
The
photographer edited this photograph.
(Right corner) You can see soldiers firing at unarmed demonstrators. (Lower left corner) The text reads: The
rights to public assembly and demonstration cannot be restricted, diminished,
or inhibited. -Article 33 of the
Constitution of the Republic of Guatemala: The right to assembly and
demonstration.
In
March, Defense Minister Ulises Anzueto stated that the 35-year-old US arms
embargo against Guatemala was “thinking anchored in the past.” He claimed that the army
has become professional since the civil war (1960-1996), and the US should
allow weapons sales to flow to Guatemala once again.
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