US EditionCalls in Guatemala for the Release of Two Indigenous Leaders Imprisoned for Leading Protests in 2023
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Calls in Guatemala for the Release of Two Indigenous Leaders Imprisoned for Leading Protests in 2023
By SONIA PÉREZ D. GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Civil organizations and relatives of two Indigenous leaders imprisoned for nearly eight months for participating in the 2023 protests demanding respect for election results and in favor of democracy in the Central American country called for their release on Thursday. Luis Pacheco and Héctor Chaclán, former members of the board of directors of the 48 Cantones of Totonicapán — one of the country's strongest…
More than 60 national and international organizations, human rights and indigenous peoples, demanded on Thursday the immediate release of Luis Pacheco and Héctor Chaclan, ancestral indigenous authorities of the 48 Cantons of Totonicapán. Both remain in detention for 233 days. In October 2023, authorities of the 48 Cantons of Totonicapán and other indigenous authorities led 106 days of protests in front of the headquarters of the Prosecutor’s Off…
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