Guatemala court convicts seven soldiers for 2012 Indigenous killings

Relatives of victims of the 2012 Alaska Summit case, in which the military shot to disperse people and killed six people in indigenous protests, listen to the reading of the sentence against military personnel accused in a hearing room at the Supreme Court of Justice building in Guatemala City, Guatemala February 28, 2024. REUTERS/Cristina Chiquin

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A Guatemalan court on Wednesday convicted seven soldiers for their roles in the killing of six Indigenous protesters in 2012, while a colonel and another soldier were acquitted.

More than a decade later, Wednesday's ruling was seen as partial justice by family members of the victims of what Guatemalans describe as the first state massacre to occur since the nation's bloody civil war ended in the '90s.