President Álvaro Colom should release all military archives related to Guatemala's internal armed conflict before the mandate of the Presidential Commission for the Declassification of Military Archives expires in January 2010. Publishing these files would allow the perpetrators of the mass atrocities committed during this conflict to be brought to justice.
U.S. NGOs wrote the following letter to President Álvaro Colom urging him to release all military archives related to Guatemala's internal armed conflict before the mandate of the Presidential Commission for the Declassification of Military Archives expires in January 2010. Publishing these files would allow the perpetrators of the mass atrocities committed during this conflict to be brought to justice.
To read the letter click here (available in Spanish only).
