FAFG
Definition
Fundacion de Antropologia Forense de Guatemala. National forensic anthropology organisation established 1992, carrying out exhumations related to Guatemala's internal armed conflict (1960-1996); one of the first national forensic bodies built on the EAAF model.
- Full name
- Fundacion de Antropologia Forense de Guatemala
- Founded
- 1992
- Primary work
- Exhumations related to Guatemala's internal armed conflict, 1960 to 1996
- Model
- Built on the EAAF (Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team) model
Common questions
Why was the EAAF model significant for organisations like FAFG?+
EAAF pioneered the approach of independent, victim-family-oriented forensic anthropology teams working on politically sensitive mass-grave investigations, and FAFG adapted that structure and methodology to Guatemala's own conflict-era disappearances, helping establish forensic anthropology as a tool for truth and accountability work across Latin America.
What distinguishes FAFG's work from routine medico-legal death investigation?+
FAFG's exhumations are tied to establishing historical accountability and identifying victims of politically motivated violence decades after death, which involves working with survivor communities, human rights bodies, and often contested or sensitive political contexts, rather than the more routine casework of a medical examiner's office.
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