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9 - Guatemala

The Persistence of Extrajudicial Killing

from Part III - Institutional Persistence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2023

Rachel A. Schwartz
Affiliation:
University of Oklahoma
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Chapter 9 chronicles the postwar trajectory of extrajudicial killings within the Guatemalan police. It first examines state violence during the transition period and subsequent postwar police reforms, which included the creation of the new National Civilian Police (PNC) in 1997. The chapter then analyzes how the dominant wartime distributional coalition managed to survive peacebuilding reforms and uphold the undermining rules governing extrajudicial executions to eliminate “undesirables.” In an important contrast from the case of Guatemala’s customs administration, the PNC saw the direct reentry of these groups into the upper echelons of the security cabinet, highlighting a different pathway of institutional persistence.

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Undermining the State from Within
The Institutional Legacies of Civil War in Central America
, pp. 201 - 218
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Guatemala
  • Rachel A. Schwartz, University of Oklahoma
  • Book: Undermining the State from Within
  • Online publication: 23 February 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009219907.013
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  • Guatemala
  • Rachel A. Schwartz, University of Oklahoma
  • Book: Undermining the State from Within
  • Online publication: 23 February 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009219907.013
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  • Guatemala
  • Rachel A. Schwartz, University of Oklahoma
  • Book: Undermining the State from Within
  • Online publication: 23 February 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009219907.013
Available formats
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