CONCLUSIONS .
From the previous graphs a few considerations should have been clear.
1. Even if both sides, State and guerrilla organizations, have carried out human rights violations, the disparity of the numbers suggests that State violence has been an excessive and unjustified repression.
2. The geographical and ethnical composition of the victims also suggests that the violence has been focused on objectives that are beyond the State role in guaranteeing national security and the counter-insurgency strategies. The victim group during the Civil War years has been highly composed of civilians, and in particular violence has been directed towards the indigenous inhabitants of rural areas. The high percentage of Maya victims suggests that there have been racist ideologies as a guiding criteria in crime perpetuation. This evidence supports the thesis of a "Maya genocide", which emerges by analyzing HOW the violence has been carried out.
1. Even if both sides, State and guerrilla organizations, have carried out human rights violations, the disparity of the numbers suggests that State violence has been an excessive and unjustified repression.
2. The geographical and ethnical composition of the victims also suggests that the violence has been focused on objectives that are beyond the State role in guaranteeing national security and the counter-insurgency strategies. The victim group during the Civil War years has been highly composed of civilians, and in particular violence has been directed towards the indigenous inhabitants of rural areas. The high percentage of Maya victims suggests that there have been racist ideologies as a guiding criteria in crime perpetuation. This evidence supports the thesis of a "Maya genocide", which emerges by analyzing HOW the violence has been carried out.
This chart refers not to the total estimated victims, but only to the 42275 VICTIMS REGISTERED by The CEH (Comisión para el Esclaracimiento Histórico).