Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Dokar Guatemala ta aiwatar da doka, galibi ta hanyar farar hula ta Policia Nacional Civil (PNC), duk da haka sojoji sun taimaka mata, wanda ke da mummunan rikodin game da keta hakkin dan adam. A lokacin Shugaba Janar Otto Pérez Molina, wanda aka zaba a shekarar 2012, ya kara amfani da karfin soja a cikin tilasta bin doka a kasar, wanda aka gabatar a shekarar 2005 a matsayin "mataki na wucin gadi" amma ya ci gaba da za ~ en za ~ en da dama. A lokacin yakin basasa na kasar daga 1960 zuwa 1996
, An kashe mutane 200,000 kuma 45,000 sun ɓace.