Community members in Santa Cruz Barillas, Huehuetenango, carry a cross bearing the name of Andrés Francisco Miguel, slain on May 1, 2012, allegedly by private security guards under contract of the Hidro Santa Cruz hydroelectric project. Following the murder, in the face of unclarified acts of vandalism and alleging the robbery of weapons from a local military outpost, the executive government declared state of siege in the municipality. 2012
Children play soccer in the town center of San Martín "Chile Verde" Sacatepéquez, Quetzaltenango, following the referendum in which 17,849 voted in rejection of proposed hydroelectric projects while 63 voted in favor.