Abstract
In Chap. 7, Displacement and Exile, we document the process of mass displacement and refuge as thousands fled from the political violence under both Lucas and Montt. The research presented in this chapter draws on extensive interviews with refugees, former displaced persons, public officials and members of diverse institutions in Mexico and Guatemala. The discussion centres around two diverse processes of genocide rescue: internal displacement through the Communities of Population in Resistance (CPRs) and the search for refuge and exile in Chiapas, southern Mexico, on the Mexico–Guatemala border. Significantly, this chapter evidences the process through which, in the immediate aftermath of the violence, communities and individuals sought to repudiate the impact and legacy of genocide, by beginning to rebuild their lives.
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Notes
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Interview, Nebaj, Ixil, April 2002.
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Interview, Guatemala City, December 2003.
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The CPRs in Ixcán were based on land belonging to the villages of Xecoyeu, Santa Clara, Amajchel, Cabá, Paal, Los Cimientos, Xeputul, Xaxboj, Santa Rosa and Chaxa to the north of Chajul. These villages were mainly inhabited by families from the municipalities of Chicamán, Uspantán, Cunén, Sacapulas, Nebaj, Cotzal, Playa Grande, Chajul, Aguacatán and Chiantla (in the department of Huehuetenango).
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Interview, Cantabal, Quiché, October 2003.
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Interview, Santa MarÃa Tzejá, Quiché, September 2003.
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Interview, Don Antonio, Chiapas, Mexico, September 2003.
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Interview, Chiapas, Mexico, September 2002 (emphasis added).
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Interview, Chiapas, Mexico, September 2002.
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According to the hospital’s statistics, between October and November 1982, an average of two people died each day in the Puerto Rico camp, and during the last three months of 1982, ninety deaths were recorded.
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Don Antonio was awarded a prize by UNHCR in 2005. His daughter died from tuberculosis contracted from refugees living on the estate.
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Interview, Chiapas, Mexico, September 2003.
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Interview, Chiapas, Mexico, September 2003.
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Interview, Cantabal, Quiché, September 2003.
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Interview, Chiapas, Mexico, September 2003.
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Interview, Chiapas, Mexico, September 2003.
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Interview, Chiapas, Mexico, September 2003.
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Interview, Chiapas, Mexico, September 2003.
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Brett, R. (2016). Displacement and Exile. In: The Origins and Dynamics of Genocide: . Rethinking Political Violence. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-39767-6_7
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