Carlos Gomez Lopez vs. Guatemala
A Fight Against Impunity
| Carlos Gomez Lopez, a trade union leader, was pulled from
a bus by the Guatemalan military at this location, near Quetzaltenango, in
1993. He was shot and left for dead . He didn't die. Instead,
he has pressed his case against the Guatemalan government. The
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has ruled in his favor against
the Guatemalan Government.
Can the Guatemalan government be held accountable?
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