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Evictions in 2024 and agrarian-conflict hotspots

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Land and property for foreigners15-tierra-propiedad.md
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Who may hold land, and on what titletierra-propiedad
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Land/tierra
Audited
Audited

Between January and July 2024 more than 15 communities were evicted in Alta and Baja Verapaz, Petén, Escuintla and Jalapa, according to the International Land Coalition Latin America (checked in audit). The breakdown — 15 evictions in the first half-year of the Arévalo government, 11 by court order and 4 extrajudicial, “driven by paramilitary groups without prior notice” — comes from a count by the researcher Laura Hurtado cited by Avispa Midia (17 Jul 2024); no official eviction statistics are published. For rural land in the Verapaces, Izabal, Petén and the Franja Transversal del Norte, due diligence must include the conflict history (COPRECON/SAA archive), not only the registry folio.

The research is written in English; quoted figures, source names and the titles of legal instruments stay in the language their source published them in.

Figures

Comunidades desalojadasILC América Latina
más de 15ene–jul 2024
Desalojos por orden judicialLaura Hurtado, vía Avispa Midia 17-jul-2024
11primer semestre del gobierno Arévalo (2024)
Desalojos extrajudicialesLaura Hurtado, vía Avispa Midia 17-jul-2024
4primer semestre del gobierno Arévalo (2024)

Caveat

a researcher's count cited by the press; no official eviction statistics are published

Sources

Organizations named in the answer

  • Avispa MidiaCount of evictions in the first half of 2024 (15; 11 by court order and 4 extrajudicial) by the researcher Laura Hurtado (17 July 2024)Other

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