This week, Guatemala’s Congress took one of the last steps in approving a controversial amnesty law for military officers. If approved, the law would free or suspend the trials of members of the military accused of acts of genocide, torture, and disappearance committed mainly against indigenous Mayans during the bloody civil war of the 1960s. The proposed legislation has caused national and international public outcry. Maria Martin reports from Antigua, Guatemala.
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