00:00We change topic and we move on to Guatemala.
00:02Defense lawyers broke their forced silence by denouncing the systematic and abusive use of the crime of terrorism
00:09in a criminal case being kept secret against former indigenous leader from Totonicapan who led nationwide protests in 2023.
00:18Our correspondent Santiago Botón brings us the details.
00:20To former indigenous leaders of the Maya people of Totonicapan, face charges of terrorism,
00:30an unusual charge that the defense considers anomalous in a case brought by the public prosecutor's office to criminalize social protest.
00:40There is malicious, improper use of criminal law, and in this specific case, of the criminal offense of terrorism one associates it right,
00:48with serious events that have occurred in other countries.
00:53Luis Pacheco and Hector Chaclan voluntarily served as indigenous authorities of Totonicapan in 2023.
01:02The charges arose after their people-led protests that stopped the coup attempt by the public prosecutor's office of Consuelo Porras after the general elections.
01:10So what is really happening is an attempt to create a process using criminal law to try to suppress social protest.
01:22Both former officials have been in prison since April 2025.
01:27No judge has taken the case, alleging a conflict of interest with the Foundation Against Terrorism, the entity that reported them.
01:34That is precisely where these patterns of criminalization are reflected, as recognized by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights,
01:42which has established that one pattern is precisely the delay in proceedings, keeping people in prison, and in uncertainty about their legal situation.
01:50The team of lawyers also denounces the improper use of legal confidentiality by the public prosecutor's office,
01:58and the judges to keep this and other cases secret, despite the fact that the law establishes a period of only 10 days.
02:07We remain in criminal cases with permanent reservation, which makes it impossible for Gaetemel and society,
02:12and the entire world to know what is happening in certain cases because we cannot provide much information.
02:17Five United Nations reporters have spoken out about these and other arbitrary detentions in the country,
02:26but the institutions in question seem to be downplaying international concern.
02:32Santiago Botón, Telesur Guatemala
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