Victims of 1982 Guatemala massacre laid to rest

Published July 30, 2014 9:18pm ET



SANTA MARIA NEBAJ, Guatemala (AP) — The remains of 31 Ixil Mayans killed more than three decades ago during the height of Guatemala’s civil war were laid to rest Wednesday in the country’s western highlands amid the sounds of a violin and wafts of incense.

Hundreds of people joined in a procession that carried small wooden boxes containing the remains to a cemetery in Xecax, the village in Quiche province where the massacre happened.

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