human rights defender

Cristopher Alexis Genaro Morales

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Organization affiliation

  • Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala

HRD's year of birth

1997

HRD's Gender

Man

Type of HRD

  • Academic

HRD's thematic area of engagement

  • Fight against corruption
  • Other

HRD's geographical origin

Urban

HRD's bio and work

(AI Translated) Agronomy faculty student at the University of San Carlos and founder of the Patzicía Ecological Collective and the Student Ecological Movement (MEE), he is one of the individuals facing criminalization processes for opposing the appointment of Walter Mazariegos as rector of USAC in 2022.

He voluntarily appeared before the court on October 27, 2025, for the arrest warrant against him, was detained, and his first hearing took place on November 4, 2025. He was formally charged with the crimes of continuous usurpation and predation of cultural property on November 17, after the judge suspended the November 4 hearing and he received substitute measures on the 18th of the same month, after the judge again suspended the hearing the previous day.

Current Status

Under house arrest (pre-trial)

Detained since

Oct 27, 2025

Charge(s)

  • Damage to public property
  • Other

Sentence

(AI Translated) Charged with the crimes of continuous usurpation and predation of cultural property.

Geolocation of detention

Country or area of detention

Region of detention

  • Americas: Latin America and the Caribbean

Location of detention - City/Town

(AI Translated) Guatemala City

Location of detention - Facility

(AI Translated) Marshals Zavala Men's Detention Center

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