The document summarizes the genocide against the Mayan peoples in Guatemala during the civil war from 1960 to 1996. It provides historical context on Guatemala from the 1500s onward and details how the US-backed military government targeted leftist guerilla groups and Mayan villages, resulting in over 160,000 murders, 40,000 disappearances, 600 massacres, and the destruction of 440 villages, forcing over 1 million people into exile. International pressure from figures like Rigoberta Menchú and a UN intervention eventually led to peace accords being signed in 1996.