The Xaman massacre of October 1995 left 11 peasants dead and was an all-too-common sort of occurence during Guatemala's long civil war. Tuesday, a first for the country: The soldiers accused of the murders went on trial. And in another remarkable demonstration of change, the court provided interpreters in half a dozen Indian languages to witnesses and defendants who did not speak Spanish.
Guatemala Trial
The Xaman massacre of October 1995 left 11 peasants dead and was an all-too-common sort of occurence during Guatemala's long civil war. Tuesday, a first for the country: The soldiers accused of the murders went on trial. And in another remarkable demonstration of change, the court provided interpreters in half a dozen Indian languages to witnesses and defendants who did not speak Spanish.
