Dialogues with the Dead – 47
This post in the ‘Dialogues with the Dead’ series is a bit particular as the friendly looking old man here, just like Duch in yesterday’s post, is facing justice now. He was the leader of a military coup in 1982 and is believed to be responsible for 100 massacres in which 1,771 people were killed and 29,000 displaced during the Guatemalan civil war which lasted until 1996 and when nearly 200,000 people died.
He is 84. About the same age as the other 4 Khmer Rouge leaders standing trial in Phnom Penh.
Yes, all of you members of the ‘Who-Cares-About-Human-Rights-Anyway’ congregation: Judgment Day can come BEFORE you die these days…
From the story ‘Guatemalan refugees in Mexico’…
And also from the story ‘Mams in Guatemala’…
Series started last All Saints Day. In Western culture All Saints Day is traditionally a time to remember the deceased. As it turns out I seem to have quite a few pictures relating to funerals and rituals related to the deceased. In the following posts I will take you to different parts of the world on a not necessarily morbid journey…
GUATEMALA. Todos Santos. 02/11/1995: General Rios Montt, former participant in a military coup, supporting the FRG candidate Alfonso Portillo. The FRG scored second at the 12/11/95 elections.