Guatemala seeks genocide trial for former general

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

September 20, 2011 2:08 AM
Guatemala seeks genocide trial for former general

(AP) NEBAJ, Guatemala — Juana Matom was just 8 or 9 when soldiers marched into her remote village in the highlands of Guatemala. Horrified, she watched them take her older brother and beat him bloody.

When the soldiers turned to her, Matom fled barefoot into the dense jungle near her village in Nejab, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) north of Guatemala City.

"They told us we had to go with them," said Matom, an indigenous Ixil who is now about 38. "I thought that if I stayed, they would kill me."

The next day, villagers found the body of her brother and 12 others.

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[a la izquierda]

1. Good riddance.

I'm glad to see that many of these monsters are coming to justice. It will never bring their loved ones back, but perhaps some Guatemalans can begin to heal.

What a terribly fractured nation.

[gratuitous]

2. Just so we don't lose the former general's name

He is Hector Mario Lopez Fuentes.

And I hope his appearance in the dock gives a little shiver to Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and the rest of those murdering thugs who so badly fucked over our country.