Impunity Observer

Source: http://koolidge.com/.

This report continues to follow the story of Casimiro Pérez. Casimiro is kidnapped by the FRENA militia and forced to participate in their violent attack on a hydroelectric plant. Local police, greatly outnumbered, must stand down as the demonstrators go on their rampage. Casimiro manages to escape from the militia and is rescued by police. Since 2012 KPFA radio, from Berkley USA, has been pretty active following the Guatemalan situation, particularly in the countryside of our nation. This radio report first appeared in Liga Pro-Patria. (www.lavoz.gt)

The broadcast of January 14, 2015 builds on the September 28 report from San Marcos. It describes how the FRENA militia suppresses the rights of local peasants. One man, Casimiro Pérez, tells of being illegally imprisoned, and of doing hard labor under threat of being burned alive. Since 2012 KPFA radio, from Berkley USA, has been pretty active following the Guatemalan situation, particularly in the countryside of our nation. This radio report first appeared in Liga Pro-Patria. (www.lavoz.gt)

The following is the full encounter between KPFA correspondents in the town of San Marcos, and members of the group FRENA. It highlights the unlawful activities of the group and part of their modus operandi. We fear that our countryside is a powder cage waiting to explode. Since September 2012 KPFA 94.1 FM, a public radio station in California, has been broadcasting news reports about Guatemala, with particular attention to developments in our nation’s countryside. This radio report first appeared in Liga Pro-Patria. (www.lavoz.gt)

The broadcast of September 28, 2014 is a vivid account of the social conflict in San Pablo, San Marcos. Two American journalists and their guide are threatened by members of the FRENA militia. Since 2012 KPFA radio, from Berkley USA, has been pretty active following the Guatemalan situation, particularly in the countryside of our nation. This radio report first appeared in Liga Pro-Patria. (www.lavoz.gt)

The following reports on the conflict in San Pablo, San Marcos in southwestern Guatemala; in particular, on the dispute between Bishop Álvaro Ramazzini and former prosecutor Gilda Aguilar, now a private attorney representing a hydroelectric group. Since 2012 KPFA radio, from Berkley USA, has been pretty active following the Guatemalan situation, particularly in the countryside of our nation. This radio report first appeared in Liga Pro-Patria. (www.lavoz.gt)

This broadcast reports on the U.S. embassy’s interference in Guatemalan internal affairs with respect to the genocide trial. Specifically, it covers the embassy's attack on the bar association for its disciplinary measures against Yassmin Barrios, the presiding judge. Since 2012 KPFA radio, from Berkley USA, has been pretty active following the Guatemalan situation, particularly in the countryside of our nation. This radio report first appeared in Liga Pro-Patria. (www.lavoz.gt)

On August 2, 2013, Attorney General Claudia Paz y Paz fired prosecutor Gilda Aguilar. Our report of two days later covers the events that led to the firing. Since 2012 KPFA radio, from Berkley USA, has been pretty active following the Guatemalan situation, particularly in the countryside of our nation. This radio report first appeared in Liga Pro-Patria.

With this broadcast we report on Attorney Paz y Paz as she punishes one of her prosecutors--Hilma Ruano of Villanueva--for refusing to inflate justice ministry statistics. Since 2012 KPFA radio, from Berkley USA, has been pretty active following the Guatemalan situation, particularly in the countryside of our nation. This radio report first appeared in Liga Pro-Patria.

The broadcast reports on the genocide trial of former General Efraín Rios Montt. The spokesperson for a Washington, D.C.-based “human rights” group, and Guatemala's Armando de la Torre, comment on the trial from different perspectives. Since 2012 KPFA radio, from Berkley USA, has been pretty active following the Guatemalan situation, particularly in the countryside of our nation. This radio report first appeared in Liga Pro-Patria.

Our first broadcast tells the story of justice ministry prosecutor Gilda Aguilar and her confrontation with Attorney General Claudia Paz y Paz. The report highlights the attempted assassination of prosecutor Aguilar. Since 2012 KPFA radio, from Berkley USA, has been pretty active following the Guatemalan situation, particularly in the countryside of our nation. This radio report first appeared in Liga Pro-Patria