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Guatemala court convicts 3 ex-paramilitaries of war crimes for rape and gives them 40-year sentences
- A leading judicial body in Guatemala handed down 40-year prison terms to three ex-paramilitary members found guilty of sexually assaulting six Indigenous women from 1981 to 1983 in Rabinal.
- The convictions followed reports filed by 36 Maya Achi women starting in 2011, seeking justice for abuses during Guatemala's civil war.
- The men, who were part of army-trained Civil Self-Defense Patrols, were convicted of committing crimes against humanity during one of the most violent periods of the conflict.
- Judge María Eugenia Castellanos highlighted the courage of the women, noting that they were able to identify both the accused individuals and the locations where the assaults had occurred, based on their multiple testimonies.
- This ruling marks progress toward justice for Maya Achi survivors while no soldiers have yet faced trial for related wartime sexual violence.
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Guatemala: Three Former Paramilitaries Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison for Rape During the Civil War
In a landmark decision, Guatemala's justice system sentenced three former members of paramilitary groups to 40 years in prison on Friday, 30 May, for rape committed during the civil war in the 1990s. Their victims were women from indigenous communities, particularly targeted by the military dictatorship at the time. This is an achievement for the women of the Achi tribe, who have been seeking justice for decades.
More than four decades after the crimes, the victims of sexual violence now suffered justice. During the civil war in the Central American country, rapes were systematically used as a weapon.
Los Angeles Times
Independent EspañolA Guatemalan court sentenced three men, former military collaborators during the 36-year-old war in Guatemala, to 40 years in prison for the rape of six Mayan Akhí indigenous women, which involved the closure of a judicial case of sexual abuse of 36 women in the same community more than 40 years ago.
Three Ex-Military Personnel Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison in Guatemala for Raping Indigenous Women
A court in Guatemala has sentenced three exparamilitars to 40 years in prison this Friday for sexually abusing six indigenous women during the bloodiest years of the civil war, in the second sentence of the case known as Mujeres Achí. During the trial, the voice of Pedrina Ixpatá Rodríguez, one of the six victims of the rapes that occurred in 1983, was heard when the bloodiest years of the civil war (1981-1983) were being lived in Guatemala: “I …
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