Editing Guatemalan Genocide (section)

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{{Act of Villainy
|location=Guatemala 
|crimes=[[Genocide]]<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[State terrorism]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>[[Rape]]<br>Mutilation<br>[[Arson]]<br>[[Kidnapping]]<br>[[Ethnic cleansing]]<br>[[Anti-Native American Sentiment]]<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>[[Negrophobia]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>[[Terrorism]]
|perpetrator=Guatemalan Armed Forces
|name=Guatemalan Genocide 
|image=Exhumation in San Juan Comalapa Guatemala 03.jpg
|date=1960 - 1996
|motive = To wipe out the indigenous Mayans of Guatemala (failed)
}}The '''Guatemalan Genocide''', also referred to as the '''Maya Genocide''' or the '''Silent Holocaust''', was the massacre of Maya civilians during the Guatemalan military government's counterinsurgency operations during the [[Cold War]]. It is arguably the best known example of a [[Genocide of Indigenous Peoples|genocide of indigenous peoples]] in Central America.