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===== List of massacres perpetrated by the EGP in FTN ===== According to a report by the rightist magazine ''Crónica'', there were 1,258 guerrilla actions against civilians and infrastructure in Guatemala, including more than 200 murders, 68 kidnappings, 11 bombings of embassies, and 329 attacks on civilians. Most guerrilla massacres occurred in 1982, during a period of intensified militarization and widespread PAC presence in communities. Many victims were targeted for non-cooperation with the guerrillas, and some attacks followed prior PAC assaults. Guerrilla massacres did not typically involve informants, population concentration, or group separation, and there are no reports of rape or repeated slaughter. Instances of razed villages were recorded, though mass flight was less common, despite some occurrences. The use of lists was more frequent.{{sfn|Informe REHMI|n.d.|p=Las massacres de la guerrilla}} In a publication by the Army of Guatemala, it was reported that the EGP was responsible for sixty massacres, which were largely overlooked by REHMI and the Historical Clarification Commission reports.{{sfn|Platero Trabanino|2013|p=5}} Additionally, it was reported that in mid-1982, 32 members of the "Star Guerrilla Front" were executed for failing to raise the EGP flag.{{sfn|Velásquez|1997|p=17}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; background:white; width:60%; margin: 1em auto; font-size:90%;" |+ style="background:#ffffff; | '''Chajul, Nebaj and Ixcán 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;" |Description |- !style="background:lemonchiffon;"|1 |Calapté, [[Uspantán]]||[[Quiché Department|Quiché]]||17 February 1982||There were 42 fatalities, all of whom were murdered with machetes.{{sfn|Velásquez|1997|p=17}} |- !style="background:lemonchiffon;"|2 |Salacuín||[[Alta Verapaz]]||May 1982||The EGP entered the community and murdered 20 peasants.{{sfn|Velásquez|1997|p=17}} |- !style="background:lemonchiffon;"|3 |El Conguito (settlement), Las Pacayas (village), [[San Cristóbal Verapaz]]||Alta Verapaz||1981|| |- !style="background:lemonchiffon;"|4 |[[Sanimtakaj]] (village), [[San Cristóbal Verapaz]]||Alta Verapaz||1980|| |- !style="background:lemonchiffon;"|5 |[[San Miguel Sechochoch]] (farm), [[Chisec]]||Alta Verapaz||March 1982|| |- !style="background:lemonchiffon;"|6 |Chacalté, [[Chajul]]||Quiché||June 1982||Attack against a "reactionary gang"<ref group=lower-alpha>{{citation |author=Comisión para el Esclarecimiento Histórico: Caso No. 110|year=1999|title=Memoria del silencio|quote=EGP classified the PAC according to the collaboration level they gave to the Army. The guerrilla differentiated patrols formed by people eager to help the Army -and called them "reactionary gangs"- from those "forced civilian patrols" that were forcibly participating.}}</ref> from the PAC in Chacalté, which had recently formed in March and was loyal to the Army after becoming disillusioned with guerrilla promises. The attack resulted in 55 civilian deaths. |- !style="background:lemonchiffon;"|7 |[[San Miguel Acatán]] (town), [[San Miguel Acatán]]||Huehuetenango||Unknown|| |- !style="background:lemonchiffon;"|8 |[[Santa Cruz del Quiche]] (city), [[Santa Cruz del Quiché]]||Quiché||July 1982|| |- !style="background:lemonchiffon;"|9 |[[Chuacaman]] (settlement), [[El Carmen Chitatul]] (village), [[Santa Cruz del Quiché]]||Quiché||December 1982|| |- !style="background:lemonchiffon;"|10 |La Estancia (village), Santa Cruz del Quiché||Quiché||August 1981|| |- !style="background:lemonchiffon;"|11 |[[Xesic]] (village), [[Santa Cruz del Quiché]]||Quiché||1981|| |- !style="background:lemonchiffon;"|12 |Patzité (town)||Quiché||September 1981|| |- !style="background:lemonchiffon;"|13 |Lancetillo (village), [[Uspantán]]||Quiché||September 1982|| |- !style="background:lemonchiffon;"|14 |La Taña (village), [[Uspantán]]||Quiché||March 1982|| |- !style="background:lemonchiffon;"|15 |Tzununul (village), [[Sacapulas]]||Quiché||February 1982|| |- !style="background:lemonchiffon;"|16 |Salinas Magdalena (village), [[Sacapulas]]||Quiché||August 1982|| |- !style="background:lemonchiffon;"|17 |Rosario Monte María (village), [[Chicamán]]||Quiché||October 1982|| |}
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