CIA • 1986

GUATEMALA: PROGRESS ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/07: CIA-RDP90R00038R000500470001-9 1qq Director of Se et Central intelligence CASTER FILE COPY won Mal A111; Bill ,w 81%rx wag" %#us OR MARK ON Guatemala: Progress on Human Rights cOP 284 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/07: CIA-RDP90R00038R000500470001-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/07: CIA-RDP90R00038R000500470001-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/07: CIA-RDP90R00038R000500470001-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/07: CIA-RDP90R00038R000500470001-9 NI I IA 86-10001 GUATEMALA: PROGRESS ON HUMAN RIGHTS Information available as of 6 January 1986 was used in the preparation of this Assessment. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/07: CIA-RDP90R00038R000500470001-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/07: CIA-RDP90R00038R000500470001-9 SUMMARY Guatemala has made significant progress in improving its human rights record under the Rios Montt and Mejia military governments. The systematic and government-supported violation of human rights that characterized earlier military regimes has been greatly reduced, and offenders occasionally have been punished or removed from office...