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Other Cases
Other human rights cases of note include those pertaining to the Chixoy Dam/Rio Negro massacre and the El Aguacate massacre.
Guatemala: Congress must approve law for National Search Commission for the Disappeared
Amnesty International
2/25/2009
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Corte Suprema de Justicia fija audiencia para cuatro casos de desaparicion forzada
Grupo de Apoyo Mutuo
1/26/2009
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Human Rights Groups Criticize Rulings on Forced Disappearances and Massacres
Prensa Libre
1/23/2009
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Exigen terminar con impunidad
Prensa Libre
1/23/2009
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Setback in Forced Disappearance Case (El Jute)
Prensa Libre, Grupo de Apoyo Mutuo
12/9/2008
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Acusado de desaparicion forzada quedara libre
Prensa Libre
12/8/2008
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Corte de Constitucionalidad resuelve a favor de violador de los derechos humanos (Resolucion de la impunidad)
Grupo de Apoyo Mutuo
12/7/2008
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Guatemala paramilitaries sentenced
Associated Press
5/29/2008
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Guatemala: Five Sentenced to 780 Years for Rio Negro Massacre
Upside Down World, Kimberly Kohler and Josh MacLeod
5/11/2008
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Primer juicio a integrantes del ejercito por violaciones a derechos humanos
Cerigua
4/29/2008
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