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===== List of other massacres perpetrated by the Army in the Franja Transversal del Norte ===== {{Main|Franja Transversal del Norte}} The report of the Recovery of Historical Memory lists 422 massacres committed by both sides in the conflict;{{sfn|Comisi贸n para el Esclarecimiento Hist贸rico: Caso No. 92|1999}} however, it also states that they did the best they could in terms of obtaining information and therefore the list is incomplete; therefore here are the cases that have also been documented in other reports as well. {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; background:white; width:60%; font-size:90%; margin: 1em auto;" |+ style="background:#ffffff;"| '''Chajul, Nebaj and Ixc谩n massacres in Franja Transversal del Norte''' |- style="color:white;" !style="background:#659ec7; width:5%;" | # !style="background:#659ec7; width:20%;"| Location !style="background:#659ec7; width:10%;"| Department !style="background:#659ec7; width:10%;"| Date !style="background:#659ec7;"| Root cause |- !style="background:lemonchiffon;"|1 |Ilom (village), [[Chajul]]||Quich茅||23 March 1982||After 1981, repression in Ilom intensified, culminating in the massacre of 96 alleged guerrilla members in front of their families on 23 March 1982, as part of the Army's "Victoria 82" plan. The soldiers involved were from the military base in "La Perla". Survivors fled and sought refuge in the *Comunidades de Poblaci贸n en Resistencia* (Resistance Population Communities). |- !style="background:lemonchiffon;"|2 |Chel (village), Chajul||Quich茅||3 April 1982||As part of Operation "Victoria 82," Army soldiers from the military base in "La Perla" stormed the settlement of Chel, having marked it as "subversive."{{sfn|Comisi贸n para el Esclarecimiento Hist贸rico: Caso No. 61|1999|p=1}} The assault resulted in the deaths of 95 civilians. |- !style="background:lemonchiffon;"|3 |Chisis (village), [[San Juan Cotzal]]||Quich茅||13 February 1982||Chis铆s was a military target for the Army, which considered the village symbolic of the EGP and believed it to be the guerrilla headquarters where attacks on Chajul, Cotzal, and Nebaj had been planned. In January 1982, the EGP attacked the Cotzal military base, with the assault lasting 2 hours and 20 minutes, resulting in 100 military casualties and 20 guerrilla casualties. In retaliation, PAC and Army battalions completely destroyed Chis铆s, leaving approximately 200 dead civilians.{{sfn|Comisi贸n para el Esclarecimiento Hist贸rico: Caso No. 92|1999}} |- !style="background:lemonchiffon;"|4 |Acul (village), [[Nebaj]]||Quich茅||April 1982||Combat against the EGP resulted in 17 deaths.{{sfn|Comisi贸n para el Esclarecimiento Hist贸rico: Caso No. 107|1999|p=1}} |}
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