Guatemalan Civil War
Part of the Central American crisis and Cold War
Exhumation in the ixil triangle in Guatemala.jpg
Ixil people carrying their loved ones' remains after an exhumation in the Ixil Triangle in February 2012.
Date13 November 1960 – 29 December 1996
(36 years, 1 month, 2 weeks and 2 days)
Location
Guatemala
ResultPeace accord signed in 1996
Territorial
changes

Guatemala border

  • Franja Transversal del Norte
Belligerents

URNG(from 1982)

  • PGT(until 1998)
  • MR-13(1960–1971)
  • FAR(1960–1971)
  • EGP(1971–1996)
  • ORPA(1979–1996)
Supported by:
 Cuba
FMLN[citation needed]
 Nicaragua(1979–1990)

Government of Guatemala and Guatemalan military
Government-led paramilitary organizations

  • Mano Blanca

Supported by:
 Argentina(1976–1983)
 United States(1962–1996)

Logistics:
  •  Israel
  •  Taiwan
  •  Chile
  •  South Africa[citation needed]
Commanders and leaders
Rolando Morán
Luis Turcios 
Marco Yon 
Bernardo Alvarado 
Rodrigo Asturias
Ricardo Rosales
Miguel Ydígoras
Enrique Peralta
Julio Méndez
Carlos Arana
Kjell Laugerud
Romeo Lucas
Efraín Ríos Montt
Oscar Mejía
Vinicio Cerezo
Jorge Serrano
Ramiro de León
Álvaro Arzú
Strength

URNG:
6,000 (1982)

1,500–3,000 (1994)

Military:
51,600 (1985)
45,000 (1994)
Paramilitary:
300,000 (1982)
500,000 (1985)

32,000 (1986)
Casualties and losses
Between 140,000–200,000 dead and missing (estimated)