Document #1145591
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
The Americas Watch Report on Guatemala from
November of 1988, CLOSING THE SPACE Human Rights in Guatemala
May 1987 - October 1988, discusses several cases of Christian
Democratic Party members being killed or "disappearing". This
report deals mainly with the 1986-88 period. For insights into the
political situation and the treatment of family members of
suspected guerrillas sections from the 1987 Amnesty International
report GUATEMALA THE HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD, and the 1984
anthology, GUATEMALA Tyranny on Trial, are attached. The
disappearance and murder of Christian Democratic Mayors in the
Péten region could be attributed to either the army or
guerrilla forces as this region has been the area in which conflict
has been most concentrated during the past four years. The Americas
Watch Report also outlines three cases of returned exiles and there
difficulties in Guatemala.