A chronology of key events:



1523-24 - Spanish adventurer Pedro de Alvarado defeats the indigenous Maya and turns Guatemala into a Spanish colony.



1821 - Guatemala becomes independent and joins the Mexican empire the following year.



Relatives of civil war victims try to identify remains before funeral at Zacualpa, 2001



1996: Rebels, government sign peace deal

(More than 200,000 were killed, or… Continue