[♪ THEME MUSIC ♪] >>> COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR OF LOCAL NEWS ON ARIZONA "ARIZONA HORIZON," DEMOCRATS ARE WORKING TO PUSH THROUGH A PLAN CREATED BY PRESIDENT BIDEN THAT COULD POTENTIALLY PROVIDE MILLIONS OF JOBS FOR AMERICANS MILLIONS OF JOBS FOR AMERICANS.

AWARD-WINNING ARTIST IS USING HIS ART TO COMBAT VACCINE HESITANCY WITHIN THE LATINO POPULATION.

>>> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO "ARIZONA HORIZON," I'M GRACE PROVENZANO FILLING IN FOR TED SIMONS.

MARICOPA COUNTY SUPERVISOR, REPUBLICAN STEVE CHUCRI ANNOUNCED LAST NIGHT THAT HE IS GOING TO STEP DOWN FROM HIS POST.

THIS MOVE FOLLOWS THE RELEASE OF A SECRET RECORD OF HIM CRITICIZING OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.

ACCORDING TO THE "ARIZONA MIRROR," THE RECORDED WERE MADE IN JANUARY AND MARCH BY CONSERVATIVE ACTIVISTS.

IN THOSE RECORDS, CHUCRI SPECULATED THAT TWO OF HIS FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS WERE AGAINST THE SENATE REVIEW OF THE 2020 ELECTION.

IN THE RECORDING CHUCRI CLAIMED THAT DEAD PEOPLE VOTED IN NOVEMBER, AND THAT THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH ILLEGAL BALLOT HARVESTING.

CHUCRI RELEASED A STATEMENT APOLOGIZING FOR HIS COMMENTS ABOUT BILL GATES AND JACK SELLERS.

>>> A NEW POLL SHOWS 22% OF ARIZONANS SURVEYED WILL NOT GET THE COVID-19 VACCINE.

THE NEW OH PREDICTIVE INSIGHTS POLL SHOWS THAT 25% OF FEMALES SAY NO TO THE SHOT, WITH 19% OF MEN SAYING NO TO THE SHOT.

AND HERE ARE TODAY'S COVID-19 NUMBERS.

ARIZONA REPORTED OVER 70 ADDITIONAL COVID-19 DEATHS FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE DAY AND THE FIFTH TIME THIS MONTH.

THE NUMBER OF COVID-19 HOSPITALIZATIONS REMAINED BELOW 2000 FOR THE FIFTH STRAIGHT DAY.

MEANWHILE, JOHNS HOPKINS DATA INDICATES THE PACE OF CASES DROPPED OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS, WHILE DEATHS ROSE.

>> WE NEED TO SEE IMPACT AROUND COVID-19 AND THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS THAT WE'RE SEEING AROUND STAFFING, SO WE CONTINUE TO BE CHALLENGED WITH THE NUMBER OF STAFF.

WE'RE RUNNING ANYWHERE FROM 15 TO 20 NURSES SHORT ON A DAILY BASIS AROUND THERE.

>>> DEMOCRATS ARE WORKING TO PUSH THROUGH PRESIDENT BIDEN'S BUILD BACK BETTER PLAN.

THAT PLAN WAS PUMP $3.5 TRILLION INTO EXPANDING EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, CLIMATE EFFORTS AND CHILD CARE.

IT WOULD CREATE MILLIONS OF CLEAN JOBS.

ASU ECONOMIST DENNIS HOFFMAN EXPLAINS THE PROPOSAL.

DENNIS THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.

>> GRACE, IT IS WONDERFUL TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.

>> WHY DON'T WE TALK ALL ABOUT THE BUILD BACK BETTER PLAN OF PRESIDENT BIDEN'S AND HOW IT EFFECTS US HERE IN ARIZONA.

>> WELL, THIS WAS AN INTERESTING STUDY.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE SUMMER PROJECT, GRACE.

AND ESSENTIALLY WE WERE ASKED TO EXAMINE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OR TOTAL IMPACT ON THE STATE OF ARIZONA SHOULD THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DECIDE TO MARCH FORWARD WITH A $3.5 TRILLION BUILD BACK BETTER PLAN, AND -- AND THAT MEANT THAT WE HAD TO ESTIMATE BASED UPON THE CATEGORIES OF EXPENDITURES, THAT THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE BY COMMITTEE IN CONGRESS, HOW MUCH OF THAT MONEY IS LIKELY TO ACCRUE TO THE STATE OF ARIZONA AND THEN ONCE IT DOES, WHAT WILL IT DO?

AND WE OPERATE INPUT/OUT PUT MODELS IN ARIZONA.

MOST OF OUR CLIENTS ARE NEW CORPORATIONS COMING TO THE STATE.

IN THIS CASE IT WAS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COMING TO INVEST IN THE STATE, AND ASKING US TO MEASURE WHAT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THIS WOULD BE.

AND WE FOUND FRANKLY, GRACE, THAT OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS, THE IMPACTS ARE REALLY BIG.

WE FOUND $86 BILLION WOULD BE COMING TO US IN DIRECT SPENDING, AND THAT DIRECT SPENDING WILL RESULT IN ABOUT $115 BILLION OF NEW INCOME -- OR NEW GDP, RATHER FOR THE STATE OF ARIZONA OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS.

IT WILL AVERAGE ABOUT 100,000 JOBS THAT WILL BE SUPPORTED BY THIS MONEY OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS.

THAT'S 100,000 PER YEAR, AND IT WILL BRING ABOUT $3,300 TO EACH ARIZONA HOUSEHOLD, AND IT'S -- IT'S A LOT OF DIRECT, INDIRECT, AND INDUCED BENEFITS THAT WOULD ACCRUE DIRECTLY TO THE STATE, AND DIRECTLY TO THE STATE OF ARIZONA AS A RESULT OF THIS FEDERAL INITIATIVE.

>> WHERE WILL MOST OF THOSE JOBS, DO YOU THINK, GO?

THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY TO BE DISTRIBUTED.

WHERE WILL THE JOBS BE?

>> MOSTLY PRIVATE SECTOR.

MUCH LIKE WHEN ANY TYPE OF ENTERPRISE COMES HERE, THE MONEY SWIRLS AROUND, THE INCOME IS EARNED, AND MOST MONEY IS SPENT, AND THAT CREATES JOBS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

AND SOCIAL SERVICES, HEALTH SERVICES, WILL BE SUPPORTED DIRECTLY, SOME CONSTRUCTION JOBS WILL BE SUPPORTED BY THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING INITIATIVE.

THE SUPPORT FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES WILL HELP BOLSTER WHAT WE THINK IS A BURGEONING ELECTRICAL VEHICLE SUPPORT MECHANISM, AND THESE FEDERAL DOLLARS WILL SERVE AS CATALYST TO PROVIDE EVEN MORE JOBS IN THAT AREA, AND THEN, OF COURSE, AS THE MONEY RIPPLES THROUGH THE ECONOMY, IT -- IT WILL TRANSLATE INTO RETAIL AND OTHER SERVICE -- SERVICE JOBS.

>> I KNOW A LOT HAS TO HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, BUT HOW SOON DO YOU THINK THIS WOULD EVEN HAPPEN HERE?

>> WELL, THE INTERESTING THING IS THE TIMING.

SOME WILL HAPPEN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT THE PEAK INJECTIONS ARE IN LIKE 25, 26, 27, 28, THAT KIND OF TIME FRAME.

AND I THINK THAT IS VERY TIMELY FOR THE STATE.

SOME OF THE NATIONAL PROJECTIONS SUGGEST WE'RE GOING TO FACE DEMOCRATIC HEAD WINS EVERYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY AND CERTAINLY IN ARIZONA, AND JOB GROWTH IS FORECASTED TO BE VERY SLUGGISH WITH THE RETIRING OF THE BABY BOOMERS >> OKAY.

THE BUILD BACK BETTER PLAN IS VERY FAMILY FRIENDLY, IT SEEMS, AND CERTAINLY FRIENDLY TOWARDS CHILD CARE WORKERS.

CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW THE PLAN BREAKS DOWN INTO THAT CATEGORY?

>> SURE.

AND I THINK THIS IS AN INTERESTING ASPECT OF ECONOMIC IMPACT.

NOW ECONOMIC IMPACT, WE USUALLY WORRY ABOUT THE SPENDING.

YOU KNOW, WHERE IS THE SPENDING GOING TO BE, AND WHAT JOBS ARE CREATED, AND HOW ARE THOSE DOLLARS -- CIRCULATED IN THE ECONOMY, AND IN THIS CASE WHAT THIS SPENDING DOES IS BUILD ARIZONA'S SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AND IT DOES SO BY SPENDING ON CHILD CARE AND PRE-K AND ELDER CARE, AN EXPANSION OF MEDICARE, ON CLEAN AIR, ON ELECTRIC VEHICLES, ON SUPPORT FOR THOSE CURRENTLY UNDOCUMENTED RESIDENTS THAT ARE SEEKING TO BE LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THIS COUNTRY, AND IT'S -- YOU KNOW, IT'S ASSISTANCE IN TERMS OF SUPPORT AND LEGAL ADVICE TO HOW TO PURSUE THOSE LEGAL PATHWAYS, AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS -- IS ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF -- OF SPENDING ACROSS PROGRAMS THAT HELP WORKING POOR PEOPLE, HELP PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE LEFT BEHIND, EVEN IF THE ECONOMY IS DOING PRETTY WELL, A LOT OF FOLKS ARE BEING LEFT BEHIND, AND THAT IS GOING TO YIELD BENEFITS THAT DO TRANSLATE INTO POSITIVE ECONOMIC OUTCOMES.

THEY ARE JUST A BIT HARD TO MEASURE.

FOR EXAMPLE, A LOT OF THIS MONEY IS DIRECTED TOWARDS CLEANING THE ENVIRONMENT.

THAT IS GOING TO MEAN LESS RESPIRATORY DISEASES, VIEWER HOSPITALIZATIONS, MORE PRODUCTIVE WORK AND SCHOOL DAYS, AS PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO BE HEALTHIER AS A RESULT OF THE CLEANER AIR.

IT'S GOING TO MEAN THAT CURRENT CAREGIVERS, CHILD OR ELDER CAREGIVERS IN HOUSEHOLDS ARE FREED UP TO PURSUE EDUCATION, OR PURSUE FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND BE MORE PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF THE LABOR FORCE AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO STAY HOME AND JUST WORRY ABOUT CARE GIVING.

>> DENNIS THANK YOU SO MUCH -- >> -- PRODUCTIVEITY OUTCOMES.

>> I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU BACK SOON.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, DENNIS HOFFMAN.

>> THANK YOU, GRACE.

GREAT TO BE HERE.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> UP NEXT, THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING SCREENED FOR PREDIABETES.

>>> DIABETES IS THE SEVENTH LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN OUR COUNTRY.

13% OF AMERICANS HAVE DIABETES, ONE IN THREE HAVE PREDIABETES.

THE TASK FORCE RECOMMENDS EARLY SCREENING FOR OBESE ADULTS 35 AND OLDER.

SPOT RX'S CHIEF PHARMACY OFFICER, NEIL PREZIOSO TELLS US ABOUT THIS INFORMATION AND NEW DATA.

NEIL PREZIOSO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US.

LET'S TALK ABOUT DIABETES, AND THE BIG NEWS IT SEEMS THAT THE AGE FOR SCREENING HAS BEEN LOWERED FROM 40 TO 35.

CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT.

>> YEAH, IN AN EFFORT TO INCREASE THE AWARENESS OF DIABETES, THE TASK FORCE JUST RECENTLY RECOMMENDED A CHANGE, AND THAT -- THAT CHANGE IS -- THEY RECOMMEND OVERRATE AND OBESE PEOPLE AGE 35 TO 70 YEARS OLD, SO BE SCREENED FOR PREDIABETES AND TYPE 2 DIABETES, AND THAT'S A CHANGE.

IT USED TO BE 40 YEARS OLD AND UP, AND THEY HAVE RECENTLY CHANGED THAT.

>> WHY NOW?

WHY THE CHANGE?

>> ONE OF THE THINGS IS -- PRE -- OR EARLY SCREENING IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ONE IN THREE AMERICANS HAVE PREDIABETES, AND MOST PEOPLE WITH PREDIABETES ARE UNAWARE OF THE RISK, AND SO EARLY SCREENING IDENTIFIES THOSE RISKS SO THAT PREVENTABLE INTERVENTIONS CAN BE INITIATED TO PREVENT OR DELAY TYPE 2 DIABETES FROM OCCURRING.

>> IS THIS SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE SHOULD TALK ABOUT WITH THEIR DOCTOR DURING AN ANNUAL PHYSICAL?

>> YEAH, I GET THAT QUESTION A LOT, AND FOLKS SAY WHAT SHOULD I DO?

THE SIMPLIST IS SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT TO SEE YOUR DOCTOR.

YOUR DOCTOR CAN DO PRESCREENING FOR DIABETES, AND IT'S VERY SIMPLE.

VERY FAST, AND SO IF YOU DO ONE THING, SCHEDULE THAT APPOINTMENT TO GET YOUR -- YOUR BLOOD GLUCOSE TESTED BY YOUR PRESCRIBER.

>> IF SOMEONE SAYS I FEEL PERFECTLY HEALTHY.

I'M A LITTLE OVERWEIGHT, ARE THE OTHER SIGNS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE DIABETES, OR PREDIABETES IF YOU ARE JUST OVERWEIGHT?

>> YEAH, AND THEY ARE THE TYPICAL, AND THEY ARE SORT OF NON-SPECIFIC, BUT I'M TIRED.

I URINATE A LOT.

I DON'T FEEL AS GOOD AS I USED TO.

I'M NOT AS ENERGETIC, SO THEY ARE VERY MUCH NONSPECIFIC.

BUT HAVING SAID THAT, IF YOU ARE TIRED AND YOU JUST DON'T HAVE THE ENERGY THAT YOU USED TO HAVE, AND YOU ARE STARTING TO PUT ON PLEASE STAND BY FOR REALTIME TRANSCRIPT.

-- WAIT, THOSE ARE GOOD SIGNS TO GO IN AND GET TESTS.

>> IS THERE A GENERAL IDEA HERE OF WHAT CONSTITUTED OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE?

>> YOU KNOW, I -- I LOOK AT IT AS -- IF -- IF YOUR -- IF YOU'RE OVERWEIGHT IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE SEEING YOUR -- YOUR FEET, YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.

AND QUITE FRANKLY, THE -- THE FIVE STEPS THAT I HAVE ALWAYS SAID WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT PREDIABETES OR DIABETES, YOU HAVE HEARD IT BEFORE, IT'S EAT LESS, MOVE MORE.

BUT THE FIVE ARE DIETARY CHANGES, IF YOU SMOKE, STOP SMOKING, AND TAKE THE ADVICE AS PRESCRIBED.

THERE IS AN OLD SAYING THAT SAYS DRUGS DON'T WORK IN PATIENTS THAT DON'T TAKE THEM.

SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY AS A PHARMACIST TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE ADHERENT TO THE MEDICATIONS THAT YOU ARE ON.

>> AND HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE PREDIABETES, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING DIABETES?

>> PREDIABETES IS YOUR BLOOD SUGAR IS BELOW THE LEVELS THAT WOULD CONSTITUTION DIABETES, OR YOUR A1C IS BELOW, BUT THEY ARE WITHIN A RANGE THAT WE NEED TO BE WORRIED ABOUT YOU.

SO THOSE ARE PREDISPOSITIONS TO HAVING DIABETES.

SO IT'S REALLY -- PREDIABETES IS AN EARLY INDICATOR THAT YOU ARE HEADED THAT WAY.

>> AND I SAW THAT 13% OF AMERICANS OVER THE AGE OF 18 HAVE DIABETES.

AND THAT TYPE 1 AND 2?

HOW DOES THAT BREAK DOWN?

>> YEAH, THAT'S TYPE 1 OR TYPE 2.

>> WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE, JUST FOR PEOPLE WATCHING WHO MAY NOT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE?

>> PROBABLY THE SIMPLEST WAY TO PUT IT IS ONE YOU CAN TREAT WITH AN ORAL MEDICATION, AND ONE IS THE TRADITIONAL INSULIN.

AND TYPICALLY 1 IS EARLY ONSET IN LIFE, AND THE OTHER IS LATER IN LIFE, AND IT USUALLY DUE TO THOSE THINGS I MENTIONED, DIET, LACK OF EXERCISE, SMOKING AND OTHER LIFESTYLE DECISIONS THAT FOLKS MAKE THAT DRIVE THAT DISEASE.

>> OKAY.

AS WE OPEN THIS WHOLE SEGMENT, THE REASON WHY THE TESTING IS LOWERED TO 35 IS THAT THERE IS A GROWING NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR DIABETES, CORRECT?

>> CORRECT.

>> OKAY.

SO WHY IS IT HIGHER TODAY THAN IT WAS A YEAR, TWO, OR TEN AGO?

>> WHY -- >> YEAH, LET ME CLARIFY THAT.

>> YEAH.

>> SO MORE PEOPLE, IT SEEMS, ARE BEING DIAGNOSED WITH DIABETES TODAY THAN THEY WERE FIVE, TEN YEARS AGO.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THE CAUSE IS FOR THAT?

>> THE TRADITIONAL IS OUR DIET.

A LOT MORE FAST-FOOD.

A LOT MORE SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE, PEOPLE ARE SITTING AT HOME WATCHING TV VERSUS GETTING OUT AND GETTING EXERCISE, AND IT GETS BACK TO SORT OF EAT LESS, AND MOVE MORE.

>> AND DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHERE THE U.S.

STANDS IN TERMS OF RATING -- HOW WE RANK WITH THE -- THE DISEASE OF DIABETES WORLDWIDE?

ARE WE HIGH UP THERE IN TERMS OF OTHER DEVELOPED NATIONS?

>> YEAH, REALLY HIGH.

AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT GOES BACK TO THE FAST-FOODS.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OTHER COUNTRIES, DON'T EAT THE FAST-FOODS THAT AMERICANS DO.

THE OTHER IS, A LOT OF OTHER COUNTRIES AREN'T AS SEDENTARY.

AND WE HAVE A HIGHER INCIDENCE OF DIABETES THAN OTHER COUNTRIES THAT ARE FULLY DEVELOPED.

>> THANK YOU, NEIL, AND YOU HAVE GIVEN US A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION.

NEIL PREZIOSO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> GUATEMALA'S CIVIL WAR LEFT OVER 200,000 PEOPLE DEAD, 500,000 DISPLAYED AND 40,000 FORCED DISAPPEARANCE.

JULIO CISNEROS TAKES US TO ONE COMMUNITY IN GUATEMALA THAT IS STILL TRYING TO RECOVER FROM THOSE TIMES.

THERE IS SOME MATERIAL IN THIS REPORT THAT MIGHT BE TOO GRAPHIC FOR SOME AUDIENCES, SO WE RECOMMEND DISCRETION.

>>> THIS ROAD LEADS TO THE LAND OF MEMORY IN A TOWN 50 MILES WEST OF GUATEMALA CITY.

SET ON A HILL TOP SURROUNDED BY PINE TREES AND CORN FIELDS, THE REMAINS OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE KILLED IN THE WAR ENDED UP HERE AFTER DECADES BURIED IN MASS GRAVES.

THIS GIRL AND HER FAMILY COME TO SING IN THE NATIVE LANGUAGE IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND.

SHE SAYS THE GUATEMALA ARMY KIDNAPPED HIM 40 YEARS AGO.

>> HE SCREAMED AND SAID GOOD-BYE, CARMAN, GOOD-BYE FOREVER.

>> THIS IS ONE OF HER CHILDREN.

SHE WAS THREE YEARS OLD.

>> WE CAME FROM CHURCH AND MY DAD CARRIED ME ON HIS SHOULDERS.

HE WAS NOT WITH THE GORILLAS OR THE ARMY.

>> SHE WAS PREGNANT WITH A BABY GIRL WHO NEVER MET HER FATHER.

THEY NO LONGER FELT SAFE.

>> I SUFFERED A LOT WITH MY CHILDREN.

WE ENDURED HUNGER AND EVERYTHING THAT THE VIOLENCE LEFT.

THE FEAR.

THEY RAPED MANY WOMEN HERE.

WHEN THE ARMY WAS HERE, THEY STOOD IN LINES TO RAPE THE WOMEN.

>> DURING GUATEMALA'S CIVIL WAR, THIS AREA WAS A MILITARY BASE.

MEMBERS OF THE ARMY BROUGHT HOSTAGES HERE.

BEFORE KILLING THEM, THEY TORTURED THEM, AND THEN THEY BURIED THEIR BODIES RIGHT HERE IN MASS GRAVES.

IN 2003, A TEAM FROM THE GUATEMALIAN FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY FOUNDATION UNEARTHED 200 SKELETONS BURIED IN MASS GRAVES.

IN 2018, FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS BURIED THE BODIES IN THESE TOMBS, ONLY MARKED WITH NUMBERS.

THEY NAMED THIS PLACE THE LAND OF MEMORY IN HONOR OF THOSE MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN, AND ONE BABY INSIDE HIS MOTHER'S WOMB KILLED BY THE ARMY.

SHE SAYS SHE HOPES HER HUSBAND WAS AMONG THE BODIES FOUND, BUT HE WAS NOT.

>> HERE THEY FOUND A WHOLE FAMILY, A FATHER, MOTHER, AND CHILDREN.

>> Reporter: ARTISTS PAINTED THE HISTORY OF THE VILLAGE ON THESE WOMANS.

SHE EXPLAINS THAT THE IMAGES SHOW HOW THE GUATEMALA ARMY TORTURED AND KILLED PEOPLE.

>> THEY TIED THEM UP.

THEY BLINDFOLDED THEM, AND BURNED THEIR HOUSES.

THEY RAPED MANY OF THE WOMEN AND GIRLS, AND KIDNAPPED MEN, BOYS, GIRLS.

>> SO THOSE PEOPLE WERE SYSTEMATICALLY SEQUESTERED FROM THEIR HOMES AS SYMBOLS TO SHOW WHAT HAPPENED IF YOU CHALLENGED THE REGIME.

>> THE COMMISSION BEGAN WORK ON IDENTIFYING HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.

THIS NEW YORK AN THROW POLGS WAS PART OF THAT COMMISSION.

SHE SAYS THE GUATEMALA GOVERNMENT DIRECTED VIOLENCE SPECIFICALLY TOWARDS PEOPLE WHO SPOKE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE.

>> THE ARMY TOOK OVER THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND TURNED IT INTO A TORTURE CHAMBER.

IT WAS A JAIL, AND ULTIMATELY A GRAVE SITE.

BECAUSE THEY BURIED PEOPLE THEY TORTURED AND KILLED INSIDE OF THE CHURCH.

>> IT STARTED WHEN THE CIA OVERTHREW A DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED PRESIDENT.

>> WHEN THE MILITARY TOOK OVER, THAT WAS THE END.

>> AFTER THE COUP, THE U.S. MADE THE COLONEL PRESIDENT, FROM THAT POINT, MILITARY DICTATORS RULED THE COUNTRY WITH VIOLENCE.

>> IT'S REALLY AN ATROCIOUS AND HORRIFYING HISTORY OF MY COUNTRY, THE UNITED STATES, IN GUATEMALA.

>> IN 1997, AFTER YEARS OF PRESSURE, THE CIA DECLASSIFIED THE DOCUMENTS ON THE U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN THE 1954 COUP.

THE PAPERS INCLUDE A MANUAL ON HOW TO KILL PEOPLE USING TOOLS SUCH AS A HAMMER, AN AXE, A SCREWDRIVER.

>> THIS COUNTRY OWES REPARATIONS TO THE PEOPLE OF GUATEMALA FOR HALF A CENTURY OF SUFFERING UNDER MILITARY DICTATOR SHIP THAT WE TRAINED, AND SUPPORTED.

>> THE WAR ENDED IN 1996, 25 YEARS LATER, FAMILIES LIKE THIS STILL HAVE OPEN WOUNDS >> WE DO NOT FORGET, AND WE DO NOT FORGIVE.

WHERE DID THEY LEAVE HIM SO WE CAN HAVE HIS BODY?

IT'S THE ONLY THING WE HAVE LEFT.

>> FOR NOW ALL THEY CAN DO IS SING FOR FILIPE LEAD BY HIS GRAND DAUGHTER, HOPING THAT ONE DAY, THEY CAN FIND HIS REMAINS.

♪♪ >>> ABOUT 83% OF THE PEOPLE KILLED IN THE WAR WERE MAYAN.

GOVERNMENT FORCES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ABOUT 93% OF THE EXECUTIONS.

>>> A PROGRAMMING NOTE, YOU CAN WATCH THE FINAL ROUND OF KEN BURNS'S SPECIAL "MUHAMMAD ALI" AT 7:00 TONIGHT, WITH AN ENCORE PRESENTATION AT 9:00 P.M. THAT IT IS FOR NOW.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.

>>> COMING UP IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR OF LOCAL NEWS ON ARIZONA PBS, ON CRONKITE NEWS, MANY PEOPLE TURNED OUT TO CELEBRATE THE 101ST BIRTHDAY OF A WORLD WAR II VETERAN.

MEET THIS TRAILBLAZER.

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