A Guatemalan court imposes sentences of seven to nine years on soldiers for the murder of indigenous people. The ruling was criticized by the victims' families and lawyers, who regretted the "minimum sentences" that were imposed on those responsible.

The massacre known as the “Alaska Summit” was perpetrated on October 4, 2012, when hundreds of members of the recognized indigenous organization 48 Cantones of Totonicapán blocked the Inter-American route. In October 2012, the 48 Cantons indicated that this was the first time that soldiers had shot at indigenous people, after the signing of the 1996 peace agreements.