Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pana December 1, 1983, Penados akagadzwa saMetropolitan Archbishop weGuatemala City wechiXVII uye mukuru mukuru weEsquipulas naPapa John Paul II. Mukati memakore ake ebasa saMbhishopi Mukuru weGuatemala, Penados akachinja nzira inochengetedza yeChechi yeKaturike kune zvematongerwe enyika enyika, iyo panguva iyoyo yakanga ichitambura mamwe emakore akaoma zvikuru ezvematongerwe enyika.
Hondo yevagari vemo. Aive nebasa rakakosha muhurukuro dzerunyararo nekushora kutyorwa kwekodzero dzevanhu panguva yehurumende dzemauto dzakapfuura uye neuto reGuatemalan, uye nerutsigiro rwake rwekurwira kodzero dzevanhu uye vanyajambwa veGuatemalan Genocide. Akanga ari muvambi we "Oficina de Derechos Humanos del Arzobispado de Guatemala" (ODHA / Hofisi yeHuman Rights yeArchbishopric) muna 1990.