Explore published stories from Chisec, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala and nearby.
The Maya Q’eqchi’ woman killed in Alta Verapaz in 2018 became known online as “Miss PacMan” because of footage her family asked people not to share. This dossier restores her name and examines prior abuse, the 2023 sentence, and reparations without reproducing the images.
883 km · Península de Guanahacabibes
A shipwreck survey revealed geometric shapes as deep as 750 metres. Sonar, a small underwater robot and an unsampled plate fed the lost-city theory, but the evidence does not yet establish a city.
1,009 km · Xochimilco
Among hundreds of weathered dolls, a story tells of a drowned girl and a caretaker trying to ward off her spirit. Testimony, the farming landscape, and conflicting versions reveal more than the legend alone.
1,023 km · Iguala de la Independencia
On 26 and 27 September 2014, attacks in Iguala left six people dead and 43 Ayotzinapa students disappeared. Independent forensic work dismantled the first official account, yet their full fate and the sequence of events remain unresolved.