Panzós

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Panzós
Panzós (Guatemala  )
Panzós
Panzós
Location in Guatemala
Coordinates: 15°24′N 89°40′W / 15.4, -89.667
Country Guatemala
Department Alta Verapaz Department

Panzós is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Alta Verapaz. On 29 May 1978 the village of Panzós was the site of a massacre in which between 30 and 60 (figures vary) local inhabitants were killed by the army.[1]

Coordinates: 15°24′N, 89°40′W

100 people were killed; 30 wounded.

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