Maya ruins, Tikal.María Andrea Blanca (81), Xejujup, San Andrés Sajcabajá. She lost her brother, her husband and his entire family. They were murdered by the military in 1982.Rosario Matzar (65), San Pablo. Rosario lost her husband in 1982 and was left a widow with six children.Maria Carmen Chiquito Cun (55), Xejuyup, San José Poaquil. On February 24th 1984, Maria’s husband was killed by soldiers. Her grandfather was beaten up and later died; her brother was killed by shots to the head. The soldiers robbed the family’s savings, set fire to their house and crops. Maria Carmen fled with her seven children.Gate, San Marcos.From a mass grave with 37 victims in El Zapote, Baja Verapaz.Identifying bones from a mass grave in The House of the Dead, Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation Centre.Trousers and shreds of clothing from a mass grave.Vicenta Blanca (59), Xejujup, San Andrés Sajcabajá. Her husband was killed on February 3rd 1981 together with three others at the barracks which the military had established on the property of the Catholic Church. One month later her father-in-law, mother-in-law and the rest of the family were killed by the military.Paula Diaz Puy (78), Pachey las Lomas, San Martin Jilotepeque. Three of her sons were tortured and killed by soldiers on April 15th 1980.Maria Teresa Tomas Guerra (70), Pachey las Lomas, San Martin Jilotepeque. One of her brothers was killed in 1981 by the military. In 1982 her mother, father and two other brothers were killed by the guerrillas. She fled with her children. Two of her children died during their flight.Machete.From a mass grave, The House of the Dead, Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation Centre.Football boot and findings from a mass grave, The House of the Dead, Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation Centre.Eufemia Apén Tuj (49), Hacienda Maria, San José Poaquíl. In August 1982 the military and civil defence patrols killed 196 villagers. Eufemia’s husband was tortured before he was killed. The family’s house and crops were burnt down. Eufemia fled into the mountains with her three children.Lazarra Atz Capir (70), Pachey Las Lomas, San Martín Jilotepeque. In 1982 Lazarra’s husband and his family, her son, nephews and nieces were killed by the guerrillas.Woman, Huehuetenango.Street corner, Chichicastenango, Quiché.Anonymous, San Martín Jilotepeque.Josefina Simon (48), Hacienda Maria, San José Poaquil. Josefina lost her husband and child in the massacre in 1982 in Hacienda Maria where 196 inhabitants were killed.Andrea Amperez Ciprian (50), Chocoxob, San Andrés Sajcabajá. Andrea lost her father, two brothers and other family members. They were killed on December 6th 1981 by military and civil defence patrols.Andrea Amperez Ciprian (56), Chocoxob, San Andrés Sajcabajá. The military shot and killed her father and two brothers on December 6th 1981. Maria fled with her nine-year-old daughter Manuela. A six-year-old niece was also killed by gunshots.Manuela Chijal Ciprian (35), Chocoxob, San Andrés Sajcabajá. Soldiers shot and hit Manuela in the head during the flight. She survived but has suffered from severe epileptic seizures ever since. Her cousin, two uncles and her grandfather were killed by the military.Christina Toj with maize, Rabinal, Baja Verapaz.Woman, Talhuito, San Marcos.Timotea Lajuy Lopez (48), Agua Fría, Xococ, Rabinal. She lost her child, her husband, an aunt, a cousin and a nephew in the massacre in the village Agua Fría on September 14th 1982. The military and civil defence patrols had called a meeting at the school and then killed 92 villagers. The Agua Fría massacre is one of the cases of genocide for which human rights organisations are campaigning to have the former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt prosecuted.Louisa Xitomul Toj (57), Panacal, Rabinal. Louisa’s husband (in black-and-white photo) and three of her brothers were killed by soldiers and civil defence patrols on December 4th 1981. Their bodies were found in a mass grave with 47 other victims. The soldiers raped Louisa.Maria Eustqui Uscap Iboy (39), Río Negro, Rabinal. Maria is one of the few survivors of the massacre in Río Negro in February 1982 when the military and civil defence patrols murdered 143 people. Maria lost her mother, father, sisters and other family members. Together with her two brothers aged 12 and 8, Maria was forced to work as a slave for the military.Rosario Matzar’s home, San Pablo, Sololá.Tortillas, San Pablo, Sololá.María Mejia Sam (58), Chinanton, San Andrés Sajcabajá. In 1981, soldiers killed her husband. In 1983, soldiers killed her father and two brothers. They were strung up and burnt alive. Her grandfather and sisters were also killed. Maria was raped, and the family’s house and crops burnt down. Five of her children died of starvation.Maria Theresa Sic Osorio (52), Chichupac, Rabinal. Her husband and sister were killed by soldiers. Houses and crops were burnt down during the massacre and 28 other villagers were killed. Maria, who had given birth six months earlier, was raped by soldiers.Bones and skeletal parts are handed over to relatives by forensic anthropologists, San Andrés Sajcabajá, Quiché.Victim from a mass grave, San Andrés Sajcabajá, Quiché.Maya ritual, San Andrés Sajcabajá, Quiché.Wake for the dead, San Andrés Sajcabajá, Quiché.Burial procession, San Andrés Sajcabajá, Quiché.Maya ritual, Church of Santo Tomás, Chichicastenango.
