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Massacres in the Jungle

First published in 1994 by Westview Press

Published in 2021 by Routledge

605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017

2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN

Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business

English edition copyright 1994 by Ricardo Falla

Spanish edition copyright 1992 by Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Falla, Ricardo.

[Masacres de la selva. English]

Massacres in the jungle : Ixcn, Guatemala, 19751982 / Ricardo

Falla ; translated by Julia Howland ; with a foreword and epilogue

by Beatriz Manz.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 0-8133-8668-3 ISBN 0-8133-8669-1 (pbk.)

1. GuatemalaPolitics and government19451985. 2. Massacres-

Ixcn River Region (Guatemala and Mexico)History20th century.

3. Victims of state-sponsored terrorismIxcn River Region

(Guatemala and Mexico)History20th century. 4. Political

persecutionIxcn River Region (Guatemala and Mexico)

History20th century. I. Title.

Fl466.5.F3513 1994

320.97281dc20

93-29912

CIP

DOI: 10.4324/9780429040993

ISBN 13: 978-0-3670-1113-0 (hbk)

ISBN 13: 978-0-3671-6100-2 (pbk)

Contents

Foreword, Beatriz Manz

PART ONE: Selective Repression

1 The First Abductions (10 June to 7 July 1975)

The First Roundup (10 June)

The Second Roundup (6 July)

National and International Condemnation

The Political and Military Context

The Social Context of Ixcn

Commentaries on the Events

Notes

2 Persecution of the Church

The Army Brings Down Father Woods (20 November 1976)

Father Karl Is Deported (19 December 1978)

Father Jos Mara and His Sexton Are Ambushed (4 June 1980)

The Word of God Comes to an End

Notes

4 Selective Massacres and Terror (1981)

The Massacre of Leaders in Cuarto Pueblo (30 April)

Combat and Massacre

Attack on Civil Action (12 June)

Tensions Between the Civic and Military Wings of the Army

Reprisals Against Four Qanjobales (16 May)

Abductions Carried Out to Spread Terror

The Context in Which Repression Took Place

Notes

5 Massacres to the East of Ixcn (13 to 28 February 1982)

Overall Panorama

The Santa Mara Tzej Massacre (15 February)

The Santo Toms Massacre (apparently on 14 February)

The Massacre of Cardamom Sellers (apparently on 13 February)

The San Lucas Massacre (apparently on 15 February)

The Massacre of Charismatic Catholics in Pueblo Nuevo (18 February)

El Polgono 14 Massacre (20 and 21 February)

Kaibil Balam Massacre (27 February)

The Way the Scorched-Earth Offensive Began

Notes

6 The First Part of the Massacre of Cuarto Pueblo: Nueva Concepcin Center (14 March 1982)

Preparations Days Before

Warning to Escape to the Jungle

They Didnt Want to Leave

The Massacre

Convergence at the Scene of the Disaster

Lists of Those Killed

Notes

7 The Second Part of the Massacre of Cuarto Pueblo: Cuarto Pueblo (1416 March 1982)

The Various Witnesses

The Layout of the Town

Unexpected and Violent Encirclement

Commentary on the Military Encirclement

Sunday: The First Dead and Burning the Marketplace

Monday: The Lieutenant Justifies the Massacre

Monday: The Children and Women Die

Tuesday: Only a Few Remain

Wednesday: Everyone Has Been Exterminated

Horror: Reconnoitering the Deserted Town

Notes

8 The Living and the Dead: Cuarto Pueblo

Orphans and the First Groups to Flee to the Jungle

Threshold to a New Life

The First Refugees

The Dead

General Note About the Sources

Notes

9 Respite in the Spate of Massacres: Los Angeles and Pueblo Nuevo (23 to 30 March 1982)

We Are a Different Army: We Dont Kill

An Attempt to Organize a Strategic Hamlet

Pueblo Nuevo Is Empty: The Army Does Not Massacre

Attacks on the Camps

The Countrys Political Context

Notes

10 Massacre in Succession: Xalbal (31 March to 2 April 1982)

Misleading Meeting (13 and 14 March)

And What Were the Rebels Up To?

A Birds-Eye View

Captures and the First Families to Be Burned (31 March)

More People Are Burned (1 April)

Captures and Chain Killings (2 April)

Massacre in Kaibil (2 April)

Last Event: A Grenade Explodes (5 April)

Beginning Collective Agricultural Production

Notes

11 Circular Offensives: Piedras Blancas (18 to 30 May 1982)

Lands and Villages to the South

Army Summons

Genocide Massacre (18 May)

List of Those Massacred

Pursuit and Massacre (27 May)

Civil Patrol Captures (30 May to 1 June)

Death Through Illness

A Final Word

Notes

12 Place of Torment (1982)

Torture by Fire

El Quich Barracks, a Slaughterhouse

Playa Grande Crematorium

Underground for Five Months

The Great Liberation

A Religious Experience

Notes

13 Paths Toward Dawn: Population in Resistance and Refugees (June to October 1982)

The Burning of Mayaln (7 and 8 June)

New Military Outpost: Ixtahuacn Chiquito (13 July)

Samaritano, a Strategic Hamlet (end of October)

The Experience of the Communities of Population in Resistance

The Experience of the Refugees

Notes

Conclusions

The Victims

The Stages of Counterinsurgency

Increasing Violence

Racism

Religious Persecution

Hope for the Future

Notes

Epilogue: Exodus, Resistance, and Readjustments in the Aftermath of Massacres, Beatriz Manz

Bibliography

About the Book and Author

1. Foreword Page
2. Part One: Selective Repression
   1. 1 The First Abductions (10 June to 7 July 1975)
      1. The First Roundup (10 June)
      2. The Second Roundup (6 July)
      3. National and International Condemnation
      4. The Political and Military Context
      5. The Social Context of Ixcn
      6. Commentaries on the Events
      7. Notes
   2. 2 Persecution of the Church
      1. The Army Brings Down Father Woods (20 November 1976)
      2. Father Karl Is Deported (19 December 1978)
      3. Father Jos Mara and His Sexton Are Ambushed (4 June 1980)
      4. The Word of God Comes to an End
      5. Notes

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