Genocide from the Jews in the Holocaust to the Mayans in Guatemala

It lasted about two years. The Guatemalan government massacred Maya people. "More than 600 massacres occurred in the village destroyed by the army, 500 thousand people evacuated, more than 200 thousand civilians were killed" (Sanford). "83% of the victims are Maya's civilians, the elderly, children and women" ("Maya"). The main cause of genocide is racial discrimination, and because the country supports the guerilla movement, the government of Guatemala in the country thinks Maya is a terrorist.

In the early 1980s, the military dictatorship of Guatemala caused a "scorched earth" rebellion, including genocide of the five indigenous Mayas including Maya Issir. January 28, 2013, the judge of Guatemala ordered José Efraín Ríos Montt, the man who was the president of the country from 1982 to 1983, to confront the genocide trial. He was the former head of the state who received mass and massacre trial in the Americas. The successors of President Oscar Megiya of Guatemala were also indicted for genocide, but were later considered unsuitable for the trial. On March 19, 2013, the court began a hearing of a lawsuit against Ríos Montt who genocide against Maya-Ixir during his term from March 1982 to August 1983.

On 23 December 2006, Spain urged Guatemala to take seven former members of the Government of Guatemala for crime of massacre and torture. These include former military rulers Efraín Ríos Montt and Óscar Mejía. The Spanish Supreme Court ruled that it is possible to judge in France the incidents of genocide committed abroad, even without the participation of Spanish citizens. In addition to the death of the Spanish citizen, the most serious allegation includes Mayan genocide in Guatemala. Menchú is involved in the Indian pharmaceutical industry as President of "Salud para Todos" ("Health for All") and "Farmacias Similares" with the aim of providing low cost generics. She served as the goodwill ambassador for the President of the 1996 Guatemala Peace Treaty. In the same year she received the Conscience Courage Award from the Peace Abbey in Boston.