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municipalities of Nebaj and Chajul. As part of its strategy EGP decided to perpetrate notorious acts which also symbolized the establishment of a "social justice" against the inefficiency and ineffectiveness of the judicial and administrative State institutions. They also wanted that with these actions the indigenous rural population of the region identified with the insurgency, thus motivating them to join their ranks. As part of this plan it was agreed to do the so-called "executions"; in order to determine who would be subject to "execution", the EGP gathered complaints received from local communities. For example, they selected two victims: Guillermo Monzón, who was a military
Commissioner in Ixcán and José Luis Arenas, the largest landowner in the area, and who had been reported to the EGP for allegedly having land conflicts with neighboring settlements and abusing their workers. Arenas, who at that time a journalist had nicknamed as the "Ixcán Tiger" had been active in Guatemalan politics and during Carlos Arana Osorio presidency (1970–1974) was in charge of the Promotion and Development of Petén agency (FYDEP); later, he left politics for agriculture in his coffee and cardamom plantations in the Ixcán and the Ixil area, in
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traditions and language. Chajul, Nebaj, and Cotzal make up the Ixil Region in the
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153:Municipality
33:Municipality
1062:Solano 2012
426:of Chajul.
107: /
1212:31 October
1156:SEGEPLAN.
1047:30 October
995:References
292:department
289:Guatemalan
190:Population
162:Government
136:Department
95:91°02′05″W
92:15°29′14″N
1503:Río Dulce
1329:Sacapulas
1266:Capital:
1138:20 August
1037:Wikiguate
296:El Quiché
171:Municipal
146:El Quiché
129:Guatemala
1611:Category
1384:Zacualpa
1379:Uspantán
1339:Pachalum
1309:Chinique
1294:Chicaman
954:See also
916:Uspantán
735:Average
1534:EXMIBAL
1334:Patzité
1319:Joyabaj
1284:Canillá
1172:30 June
804:(71.6)
774:(10.4)
769:(12.0)
730:(51.1)
725:(49.1)
720:(50.2)
715:(52.2)
710:(52.9)
705:(52.2)
700:(53.1)
695:(54.5)
690:(52.9)
685:(51.4)
680:(49.8)
675:(47.7)
670:(47.7)
660:(61.4)
655:(59.4)
650:(60.3)
645:(61.0)
640:(62.2)
635:(62.1)
630:(62.1)
625:(63.5)
620:(63.5)
615:(63.3)
610:(61.9)
605:(59.2)
600:(58.3)
590:(71.7)
585:(69.8)
580:(70.3)
575:(70.0)
570:(71.8)
565:(72.0)
560:(71.2)
555:(72.5)
550:(74.1)
545:(75.2)
540:(74.1)
535:(70.9)
530:(69.1)
453:Climate
409:Cahabón
401:Lanquín
319:History
287:in the
255:Climate
120:Country
1299:Chiché
1289:Chajul
905:Chajul
799:(2.5)
794:(5.0)
789:(8.8)
784:(9.9)
779:(9.1)
764:(5.0)
759:(2.6)
754:(2.0)
749:(1.7)
744:(2.6)
481:Month
463:Köppen
432:Quiché
405:Senahú
393:Chisec
381:Nentón
359:Chajul
268:Chajul
232:Ladino
217:24,247
198:46,658
157:Chajul
70:Chajul
23:Chajul
1344:Ixcán
1324:Nebaj
1314:Cunén
1206:(PDF)
1199:(PDF)
894:Nebaj
872:Ixcán
802:1,818
520:Year
213:Urban
1214:2014
1174:2015
1140:2015
1115:link
1101:2014
1049:2014
728:10.6
718:10.1
713:11.2
708:11.6
703:11.2
698:11.7
693:12.5
688:11.6
683:10.8
658:16.3
653:15.2
648:15.7
643:16.1
638:16.8
633:16.7
628:16.7
623:17.5
618:17.5
613:17.4
608:16.6
603:15.1
598:14.6
588:22.1
583:21.0
578:21.3
573:21.1
568:22.1
563:22.2
558:21.8
553:22.5
548:23.4
543:24.0
538:23.4
533:21.6
528:20.6
517:Dec
514:Nov
511:Oct
508:Sep
505:Aug
502:Jul
499:Jun
496:May
493:Apr
490:Mar
487:Feb
484:Jan
312:Maya
306:and
248:Maya
226:Ixil
177:Area
792:127
787:224
782:251
777:230
772:265
767:306
762:128
723:9.5
678:9.9
673:8.7
668:8.7
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