Efraín Ríos Montt

male, 83 years old
came to power in a coup, Guatemalan Republican Front, army General, Congress of Guatemala, GuatemalanCivilWar, massacres…Guatemala's 36-year civil war, Guatemalan, Cold War leader
José Efraín Ríos Montt is a former "de facto" President of Guatemala, army general, and former president of Congress. In the 2003 presidential ele...

David Stoll

male, 57 years old
Between Two Armies in the Ixil Towns of Guatemala, Latin Americanist, Rigoberta Menchu, I, Rigoberta Menchú, GuatemalanCivilWar, American
David Stoll (born 28 February 1952) is an American anthropologist who specializes in socio-cultural anthropology and the study of violence. He...
Dirck Halstead

Dirck Halstead

male
University of Texas, cliffhanger, conan the barbarian, black rain, goodfellas, greystoke…GuatemalanCivilWar, War photographer, vietnam war
Dirck Halstead, (born December 1936 in Huntington, New York), is a photojournalist, and editor and publisher of an online photojournalism magazine....
Myrna Mack

Myrna Mack

female, deceased (1990)
department, Anthropologist, guatemala city, guatemala, Retalhuleu, Barrio San Nicolás…GuatemalanCivilWar, Assassinated Guatemalan, Guatemalan, Guatemalan Supreme Court
Myrna Mack Chang was a Guatemalan anthropologist. She was born in Barrio San Nicolás, Retalhuleu department, to a mixed Maya/Chinese family. She s...
Rodrigo Asturias

Rodrigo Asturias

male, deceased (2005)
death by myocardial infarction, myocardial infarction, heart attack, University of Chile, guatemala city, guatemala…Guatemalan, Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity, GuatemalanCivilWar
Rodrigo Asturias Amado was a Guatemalan guerrilla leader and politician. Asturias was born in Guatemala City, the first-born son of Nobel...

Rolando Morán

male, deceased (1998)
guerrilla, political party, nom de guerre, guatemala, trade union, jacobo arbenz…Guatemalan, Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity, GuatemalanCivilWar
Comandante Rolando Morán is the "nom de guerre" of Ricardo Arnoldo Ramírez de León, a former leader of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (UR...
Clyde Snow

Clyde Snow

male, 81 years old
San Vicente, Bolivia, GuatemalanCivilWar, From Fort Worth, Texas, University of Arizona alumni, Southern Methodist University alumni, Eastern New Mexico University…Civil Aeromedical Institute, Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Team, Guatemalan
Clyde Snow (b. January 7, 1928 in Fort Worth, Texas) is a well known U.S. forensic anthropologist. Some of his skeletal confirmations include John...

Jorge Mario García Laguardia

male
costa rica, constitutional law, guatemala city, guatemala, central america, President of Guatemala…Guatemalan, GuatemalanCivilWar
Dr. Jorge Mario García Laguardia is a Guatemalan jurist. He has been a tenured lecturer at several Guatemalan and foreign universities, including t...

Naufús Figueroa

male, 31 years old
artist, Canadian, the globe and mail, Performance artist, installation, Vancouver Art Gallery…Guatemalan, GuatemalanCivilWar, Canadian of Guatemalan Descent, Guatemalan Canadian
Naufús Figueroa (1978-) is a Guatemalan-Canadian installation and performance artist. His work centers on the Guatemalan Civil War and its a...
Karl von Spreti

Karl von Spreti

male, deceased (1970)
West Germa, FAR guerillas, guatemala city, Kapfing Castle, Kidnapped diplomat, Terrorism in Guatemala…GuatemalanCivilWar, World War II
Count Karl Maria von Spreti was a German diplomat. He is best known as the West German Ambassador to Guatemala from 1968 until his assassination in...