Reference :
V-P-GT-E-00187
Date :
07/05/2013
Caption :
Yalambojoch, near the Guatemala-Mexico border. The community is burying the remains of persons who went missing – or were ‘disappeared’ – during the conflict in the 1980s. Local women preparing food before the funeral ceremony.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
During the armed conflict in the 1980s many people from Yalambojoch disappeared, were forced to flee to Mexico or were killed. Since 2003, the ICRC mission in Guatemala has been helping families to trace their missing loved ones, as well as helping to organize wakes, burials and funeral services for those families who were able to recover the remains of their loved ones. ICRC support enables the families of the dead to afford food, flowers, candles, coffins and commemorative plaques.
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
3000x2000
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
