Hundreds of Indigenous people lifted their blockage of a major road in Guatemala on Tuesday after an agreement was reached for talks to resolve a bloody century-old land dispute. On Monday, members of the Mayan K'iche' group had blocked the Interamericana highway with the caskets of 11 of the 13 victims of a weekend massacre…
SANTA CATARINA IXTAHUACAN (GUATEMALA) - Grieving family members on Monday blocked a major road in Guatemala with the coffins of victims of a weekend massacre by a rival group to draw attention to violence plaguing their indigenous community.
After 13 people were killed in a massacre over the weekend, grieving families blocked a major Guatemalan road. They used the coffins of the deceased to call attention to systemic violence.