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Today in Labor History February 4, 1981: Death squads killed 68 campesinos in the massacre of Chimaltenango, Guatemala. The massacre was one of many massacres making up the Guatemalan genocide. 200,000 Guatemalans died in the genocide. 93% of them were killed by government forces and death squads. 83% of the victims were Maya.
![Excavation of the corpses of victims of the Guatemalan Civil War in Comalapa, Chimaltenango. Image shows human skeletons dug up from a mass grave. By This image is a work of a United States Agency for International Development employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States.See also: The USAID privacy policy and the USAID Office of Inspector General "Disclaimers & Notices" page - http://www.usaid.gov/gt/photos_democracy_governance.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10242131](https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/946/057/947/802/412/original/017ae60177ddf789.jpg "Excavation of the corpses of victims of the Guatemalan Civil War in Comalapa, Chimaltenango. Image shows human skeletons dug up from a mass grave. By This image is a work of a United States Agency for International Development employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States.See also: The USAID privacy policy and the USAID Office of Inspector General "Disclaimers & Notices" page - http://www.usaid.gov/gt/photos_democracy_governance.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10242131")