human rights defender
human rights defender
Man
Rural
Under house arrest (pre-trial)
(AI translated) In the early hours of the morning, a massive and disproportionate police intervention took place at the Hacienda La Asunción estate, located in the San Gregorio Piedra Parada district of the municipality of Coatepeque. The operation was initiated in response to complaints deemed unfounded by the Quintanal Campollo family, and involved the deployment of ten patrol units from the National Civil Police (PNC), approximately twenty-five officers, as well as two armored vehicles from the Army. The objective of this operation was to arrest four individuals, including the elderly Clemencio Barrera. These people are part of a group of around 300 elderly workers who are demanding their rights to retirement benefits and medical care from the Guatemalan Social Security Institute (IGSS). This struggle stems from more than thirty years during which the property owners failed to collect the required contributions from the workers but never paid them to the IGSS. The people arrested are all local residents who were born and raised on the estate; therefore, their stay there is entirely legitimate and does not constitute any form of occupation. On the contrary, the Quintanal Campollo family has systematically attempted to evict them in order to expand their rubber plantation.
Mar 2, 2026
(AI translated) It is related to the proceedings regarding the crime of usurpation.
Latitude: 14.69874818111712
Longitude: -91.86284244060518
Coatepeque, Quetzaltenango
Subestación de PNC 41-61 Coatepeque
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(AI translated) In the early hours of the morning, a massive and disproportionate police intervention took place at the Hacienda La Asunción estate, located in the San Gregorio Piedra Parada district of the municipality of Coatepeque. The operation was initiated in response to complaints deemed unfounded by the Quintanal Campollo family, and involved the deployment of ten patrol units from the National Civil Police (PNC), approximately twenty-five officers, as well as two armored vehicles from the Army. The objective of this operation was to arrest four individuals, including the elderly Clemencio Barrera. These people are part of a group of around 300 elderly workers who are demanding their rights to retirement benefits and medical care from the Guatemalan Social Security Institute (IGSS). This struggle stems from more than thirty years during which the property owners failed to collect the required contributions from the workers but never paid them to the IGSS. The people arrested are all local residents who were born and raised on the estate; therefore, their stay there is entirely legitimate and does not constitute any form of occupation. On the contrary, the Quintanal Campollo family has systematically attempted to evict them in order to expand their rubber plantation.
Latitude: 14.69874818111712
Longitude: -91.86284244060518
(AI translated) It is related to the proceedings regarding the crime of usurpation.
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