The Guatemalan Government Is Responsible for More Than 90% of Deaths, Disappearances and Executions, the Commission for Historical Clarification Said.

In 1982, a three man military young took headed by Evangelical preacher and School of America's graduate, General Ephraim Rios-Mott. The commission for historical clarification said the Guatemalan government was responsible for more than 90% of deaths, disappearances and other human rights violations during the war. "The state deliberately exaggerated a limited insurgent threat to justify large scale repression," it found.