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Guatemala Truth commission report details years of military abuses.

National Catholic Reporter | March 12, 1999 | Copyright

Religious and human rights groups that told of terror and torture were dismissed in official U.S. circles

A United Nations-sponsored troth report on Guatemala's vicious 36-year civil war calls the government's tactics "genocide." The report also holds the United States responsible for supporting brutal military dictators, for using the Central Intelligence Agency to aid the Guatemalan military and for training Guatemalan army officials in counterinsurgency tactics that resulted in widespread torture and death.

The 3,500-page report, published in nine volumes and…

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