San Juan Cotzal After An Attack By EGP Guerrillas

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Description: Two young Maya Ixil women respond to questions from visiting media correspondents following an attack the night before by armed guerrillas from the Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres, Guerrilla Army of the Poor, EGP, on the Guatemalan Army's regional garrison in San Juan Cotzal, Guatemala, January 20, 1982. Over 100 EGP guerrillas attacked the military's highland base leaving 12 soldiers dead in the official count. According to local civilians and unofficial reports, 34 army soldiers were killed. The indigenous locals expected the army soldiers to retaliate by killing the town's residents for collaborating with insurgents.

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Title: San Juan Cotzal After An Attack By EGP Guerrillas
Creator(s): Nickelsberg, Robert
Created: 1982-01-20
Topical Subject(s): Guatemala ; Civil war ; Genocide ; Indigenous peoples ; Maya peoples ; Military ; Counterinsurgency ; Human rights violations ; Civilian casualties ; Insurgency ; Guerrilla warfare ; Marxism-Leninism ; Communism ; Ejército Guerillero de los Pobres (EGP)
Continent: North and Central America
Country: Guatemala
First Order Political Division: Quiché
City: San Juan Cotzal
Local Identifier: guatemala_nb_0040_web.tif
URI / Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96765

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