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- Defense Minister General Mejía Víctores At Funeral Ceremony For Cardinal Casariego In Guatemala City
- Date
- 1983-06-15
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Guatemalan Defense Minister Brigadier General Óscar Mejía Víctores (1930-2016), center, walks along the casket of Archbishop of Guatemala Cardinal Mario Casariego y Acevedo, who died of a heart attack in Guatemala City, Guatemala, June 15, 1983. Mejía Víctores deposed General Efraín Ríos Montt in a coup d'état on August 8, 1983. In 2011, Mejía was prosecuted in Guatemalan court for his command responsibility in genocide and crimes against humanity committed by the military during the civil war. His failing health in the years prior to his death forced prosecutors to drop the charges before he could stand trial.
- Subject
- Central America; Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Military; Government; Human rights violations; Funerals; Mario Casariego y Acevedo; Óscar Mejía Víctores
- Country
- Guatemala
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Óscar Mejía Víctores
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_ct_0103_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96952
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- still image
- Title
- Defense Minister General Mejía Víctores At Funeral Ceremony For Cardinal Casariego In Guatemala City
- Date
- 1983-06-15
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Guatemalan Defense Minister Brigadier General Óscar Mejía Víctores (1930-2016), center, walks along the casket of Archbishop of Guatemala Cardinal Mario Casariego y Acevedo, who died of a heart attack in Guatemala City, Guatemala, June 15, 1983. Mejía Víctores deposed General Efraín Ríos Montt in a coup d'état on August 8, 1983. In 2011, Mejía was prosecuted in Guatemalan court for his command responsibility in genocide and crimes against humanity committed by the military during the civil war. His failing health in the years prior to his death forced prosecutors to drop the charges before he could stand trial.
- Subject
- Central America; Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Military; Government; Human rights violations; Funerals; Mario Casariego y Acevedo; Óscar Mejía Víctores
- Country
- Guatemala
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Óscar Mejía Víctores
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_ct_0104_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96953
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- still image