Guatemala's outspoken bishop
Leading human rights campaigner Bishop Juan Gerardi was killed on 26 April 1998, just two days after presenting a damning report on army abuses during Guatemala’s civil war.
On 26 April 1998 leading human rights campaigner, Bishop Juan Gerardi, was attacked and killed in his home, just two days after presenting the conclusions of a major investigation into abuses committed during Guatemala’s civil war.
Bishop Gerardi’s report blamed the country’s military and paramilitary forces for the deaths of most of the 50,000 civilians killed during the conflict.
Ronalth Ochaeta, who worked alongside Bishop Gerardi, tells Mike Lanchin about the murdered bishop’s life-long quest for justice.
A CTVC production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
(Photo: Bishop Juan Gerardi. Credit: ODHAG)
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