Latin America

"The murder of Anastacio Tzib Caal is a tragic addition to the 90+ labor activists killed in Guatemala in the past 2 decades. I condemn the targeting of labor activists across the hemisphere and stand with the Guatemalan people in demanding accountability.” -Chair
@SenatorCardin



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Google translated article from Guatemala:

Anastacio Tzib Caal, representative of the textile maquila unions
A union leader was murdered in Guatemala

Guatemalan trade unionist Anastacio Tzib Caal, leader of the general coordination of the network of textile maquila unions in Guatemala, was murdered in a municipality of the capital of the Central American country.

The Guatemalan Ministry of Labor reported in a statement on the murder of Tzib Caal, which occurred on June 15, and demanded an "exhaustive, transparent and expeditious investigation" to find those responsible for the crime.

Tzib Caal was the leader of the general coordination of the network of textile maquila unions in Guatemala and the general secretary of the union of workers of the company SAE A Texpia II, a textile maquila firm located in Guatemala City.

According to local media, he was shot in the municipality of Villa Canales, in the department of Guatemala.

The organization Red de Defensores de Derechos Laborales en Guatemala described the murder as "a direct and cowardly attack against the union movement" in the Central American country.

Repudiation of the United States
The US State Department condemned the murder of Guatemalan leader Anastacio Tzib Caal.

"Attacks on Guatemalan trade unionists limit Guatemala's economic development prospects and undermine human rights in our global supply chains," US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a statement following the killing on Saturday.

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