Claudia Paz y Paz, Attorney General of Guatemala from 2010 to 2014, set up the case with which General Ríos Montt would be tried for genocide. At a time when the State should have shared the responsibility, the most heinous crimes were hidden and the search for truth was hampered.

The machinery of the state and the elites had avoided having such a trial. Those who believed themselves untouchable did not reckon the tenacity of the survivors, the perseverance of civil organizations or the commitment of the Prosecutor's Office. This trial was the way Guatemala reconciled with its past, to know everything it did not want to know and what it had tried to deny and hide. The testimonies of the victims in Maya Ixil opened up that opportunity.

Diego Luna

Credits

• ProductionMiguel Pulido, Diego Luna y Ricardo Giraldo
• Original idea and advice Miguel Pulido y Diego Luna
• Script and DirectionElvira Liceaga, Andrés Torres Checka y Ricardo Giraldo
• ResearchCreatura Promotora de Pensamiento Crítico
• Executive productionGael García Bernal y Paula Amor

• Production assistant Fernando Peña
• Songs Rebeca Lane
• Music Leonardo Heiblum
• Sound design Matías Barberis
• Editing and mockups Gabriel Villegas
• Speech recording, post-production and mixing Bias Post

• Archive footage Paola Morales
• Additional voice Elvira Liceaga
• With the participation of Claudia Paz y Paz
• THE SOUND MATERIAL FOR THIS PODCAST WAS PROVIDED BY: Prensa Libre, courtesy of Guatevisión and Skylight, from their documentary Granito: Cómo atrapar a un dictador by Pamela Yates