The Search for the Disappeared and the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation

Recorded February 15, 2006

Below is the original description of the event.

Fredy Peccerelli is the founder and director of the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation (FAFG) which was established in 1992 to bring forensic science to the task of identifying the remains of the thousands of people who disappeared during the counterinsurgency campaigns of the 1980s. As of 2005, FAFG has conducted 500 investigations and recovered the remains of 3,390 persons located in clandestine graves. Many have been identified and returned to their families.