Plan de Sánchez

Plan de Sánchez is a small village in the municipality of , Baja Verapaz department, . On July 18, 1982, while General Efraín Ríos Montt was President of Guatemala, a massacre was committed there by government forces during which over 200 people were killed.
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Plan de Sánchez

Latitude
15.03351° or 15° 2′ 1″ north
Longitude
-90.52718° or 90° 31′ 38″ west
Elevation
1,865 metres (6,119 feet)
Open location code
767F2FMF+C4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7898997919
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
12054303
Wiki­data ID
Q7200915
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