Are Guatemalan Kaibiles Hired Guns for Canadian Mining? (former death squads)

Are Guatemalan Kaibiles Hired Guns for Canadian Mining?
By: Grahame Russell




Kaibiles, members of an elite group of the Guatemalan army, take part in a military
parade during Army Day celebrations, at the Air Force headquarters in Guatemala City,
Guatemala, July 3, 2016. | Photo: Reuters


Published 6 February 2017


During the country's 36-year civil war and genocide, the U.S.-trained Kaibil special forces committed some of the very worst atrocities and war crimes.

A new criminal investigation in Guatemala is investigating whether the country's army and Kaibil special forces worked with Hudbay Minerals and CGN (Guatemalan Nickel Company, then owned by Hudbay) private security guards to mount a military intelligence and population control operation, before, during and after the day (September 27, 2009) of repression against local Mayan Qeqchi communities that resulted in the assassination of Adolfo Ich, the shooting-paralyzing of German Chub, and the wounding of various other community members.

During decades of the U.S.-backed killings, torture, disappearances, massacres and genocides, the U.S.-trained Kaibil special forces were found responsible (by the U.N. Truth Commission, among others) for some of the very worst atrocities and war crimes; the Kaibil forces remain today the most feared among the general population.

End of Mynor Padilla murder trial

February 7-8, 2017, could be the final dates of the murder and aggravated assault trial against Hudbay’s former head of security, Mynor Padilla, who was also a Colonel in the Guatemalan army. Judge Ana Leticia Peña could render her sentence on February 8, or reserve judgment for up to two weeks. Given the impunity and racism that characterize Guatemala’s legal system, and the many irregularities during this trial, many fear a not guilty finding despite overwhelming evidence against Mynor Padilla.

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