Guatemala: Mayan communities threatened with eviction from their lands

Mayan communities from the Finca Primavera (Spring Farm) in Alta Verapaz have reported that the Guatemalan state is persecuting them, because they are demanding their ancestral rights to the lands where they have lived and worked for 215 years. Their lands are disputed by the lumber company Ecotierra, and the local courts recently ordered the villagers' eviction, and arrest warrants for 48 community members. teleSUR.