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Massacre Survivor of the Rio Negro Fights to Memorialize, Not Forget, Victims
Global Voices Online has highlighted the unsettling testimony, yet inspiring work of Maya Achí activist Jesús Tecú Osorio. Tecú is one of the few survivors of the Río Negro Massacre, considered “one of the most horrific massacres of Guatemala’s armed conflict” and his recount of what happened is disturbing and graphic:
“The military and paramilitary forces [...]
