Bodies emerge from Guatemala's war-era 'model villages'
Bodies emerge from Guatemala's war-era 'model villages'
Moises Castillo, Associated Press
Updated 11:10 pm, Thursday, December 28, 2017
SANTA AVELINA, Guatemala (AP) It wasn't only bullets and violence that killed thousands of indigenous people during Guatemala's 1960-1996 civil war.
The government forced tens of thousands of farmers into so-called model villages under strict army control to isolate them from the guerrillas. They were promised health care and other services, but instead were left to die from malnutrition and treatable illnesses. They weren't included in the casualty count in the brutal conflict.
Now, in the hamlet of Santa Avelina, their bodies are being unearthed, identified and reburied. Among the bodies are scores of indigenous children who died from measles in the former model village, where residents lived in small, dirt-floor houses and sermons and Christian hymns were played from loudspeakers.
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The villages were created with government funds and support from U.S. evangelical churches, which maintained close relations with then-dictator Efrain Rios Montt.
More:
http://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Bodies-emerge-from-Guatemala-s-war-era-model-12460950.php
Dictator Efraín Ríos Montt and Ronald Reagan
WhiteTara
(29,721 posts)May they disappear from the earth.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,109 posts)In the deep south, you still see his picture on the walls of mom and pop restaurants all the time. When I see that, I turn around and walk out.
KT2000
(20,586 posts)Evangelicals could are less as long as they get to control people into believing and following the white people.