Archivo Histórico de la Policía Nacional (Guatemala)

In July of 2005, the Human Rights Ombudsman of Guatemala uncovered a secret trove of historical and administrative documents belonging to the former National Police of Guatemala. This collection relates to Guatemala’s period of internal armed conflict in which families, victims, and human rights organizations identified the National Police as major violators of human rights. Archivo Historico de la Policía Nacional is in the process of organizing and digitizing this massive collection, allowing citizens free and open access to this previously secret history.