PARTNER
WITNESS
DESCRIPTION
This collection contains video footage shot by WITNESS partner Jesús Tecú Osorio, an activist and survivor of the March 13, 1982 massacre of 177 Mayan-Achi women and children in Río Negro, Rabinal by the Guatemalan army. This collection includes recorded interviews and footage from the Rabinal area of exhumations, memorial ceremonies and reburials, political actions against amnesty for those responsible for the killings, and gatherings of former civil patrollers.
Please note that certain videos in this collection may contain graphic and/or disturbing content.
Link to collection finding aid: https://txarchives.org/hrdi/finding_aids/00006.xml
DATE RANGE
1996 - 2003
GENRES
Ceremonies, Cultural events, Documentary film, Exhumations, Interviews, Judicial events, Meetings
LANGUAGES
Achi, English, Spanish
EXTENT
54 assets
RIGHTS STATEMENT
This electronic resource is made available by the University of Texas Libraries solely for the purposes of research, teaching and private study. All intellectual property rights are retained by the legal copyright holders. The University of Texas does not hold the copyright to the content of this collection. Formal permission to reuse or republish this content must be obtained from the copyright holder.