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Dark Police Records
Guatemala
Releases Dark Police Records
Guatemala - The archives of the now
extinct National Police (NP) will be open to
the public in Guatemala, allowing for
possible discovery of many detained or
disappeared people and possible trial of
guilty parties.
The family members of the victims will be
able to consult more than 12 million
recovered and digitalized files, announced
the Prosecutor of Human Rights Sergio
Morales.
There are many files, accusations,
background police histories, operation
plans, reports of official collaborators and
arrest orders that reveal how the repressive
force acted and who was part of it, he
added.
Morales specifically mentioned the
disappearance of the union activist Fernando
Garcia and the assassinations of student
leaders, Santiago Lopez Aguilar and Oliverio
Castaneda.
The prosecutor also delivered information
regarding 50 persons mentioned in the
registries.
During the internal armed conflict
(1960-1996) more than 250,000 persons
disappeared in Guatemala, most through the
hands of the army and the police.
Many of these cases are revealed in the
archives that contain a total of about 80
million files that cover a period from the
end of the 19th century to 1996 when peace
agreements were signed and the NP dissolved. |
