Dos Erres: The Massacre That Erased a Village
In December 1982, elite Guatemalan Kaibil soldiers descended on the remote jungle settlement of Dos Erres. Over three days they slaughtered more than 200 men, women, and children, dumping bodies into a dry well until it overflowed.
Host Alexander Lawson examines one of the most brutal massacres of Guatemala’s civil war — the scorched-earth strategy that made it possible, the survivors who carried the truth for decades, and the long, incomplete search for justice.
Listener discretion is advised: this episode contains detailed descriptions of mass violence, including the killing of children and…
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