Indigenous Leaders Who Saved Arévalo’s Presidency in Guatemala Celebrate One Year in Prison Accused of “Terrorism”

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Luis Pacheco and Héctor Chaclan, representatives of the 48 Cantons of Totonicapán — a wary indigenous people located in western Guatemala City — served a year of imprisonment in April on charges of terrorism, illegal association and obstruction of criminal action, a situation that led Amnesty International to declare them recently as “prisoners of conscience.” The 48 Cantons is one of the strongest, most representative and legendary organization…