Creating a Desolation and Calling it Peace: May 1983 Supplement to the Report on Human Rights in Guatemala

Paper discussing issues such as: the Rios Montt Government’s counterinsurgency campaign, internal and external regugess as of November 1982, findings of Americas Watch March 1983, Mission to Chiapas, Mexico, direct testimony of Guatemalan refugees, the activities of civil patrols, the Parraxtut incident, the growing refugee populations and Guatemalan Army harassment and surveillance of refugees in Mexico. Included are appendix A: notes on evdience and appedix B: Map of Guatemala-Mexico border region