Guatemalan State Accepts Responsibility for the Disappearance of Four Human Rights Defenders

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By SONIA PÉREZ D. GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The Guatemalan state on Friday accepted responsibility for the 1989 disappearance of four human rights defenders, whose remains have never been found, and offered a public apology to their families. In a public ceremony at the National Palace of Culture, President Bernardo Arévalo, representing the Guatemalan state, acknowledged its responsibility for the enforced disappearance of Agapito Pérez Lucas, Nico…

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Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo offered a public apology on December 12, on behalf of the state, to the families of four Indigenous human rights activists who disappeared at the hands of the army in 1989 during the war against the insurgency. Agapito Pérez, Nicolás Mateo, Macario Pú, and Luis Ruiz were victims of enforced disappearance in early April 1989. It was confirmed that soldiers took them from their homes, and they were never heard…

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Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo apologized publicly this Friday on behalf of the State to the families of four indigenous human rights activists who disappeared by the army in 1989 during the war against the insurgency.