Ixil Maya Religious Procession In Nebaj, Guatemala
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Ixil Maya men leave the central plaza following a Roman Catholic church service in Nebaj, Guatemala, May 1, 1984. The guerrilla organization Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres, Guerrilla Army of the Poor, EGP, maintained a base of operations in the Ixil region during the armed conflict, and retaliation from the Guatemalan Armed Forces with an aggressive scorched-earth policy saw the destruction of villages and crops along with the mass murder and disappearance of Ixil civilians.