How many evictions took place in Guatemala in 2024, and which departments have the most agrarian conflict?

Between January and July 2024 more than 15 communities were evicted in Alta and Baja Verapaz, Petén, Escuintla and Jalapa, according to the International Land Coalition Latin America. The breakdown, 15 evictions in the first half-year of the Arévalo government, 11 by court order and 4 extrajudicial, “driven by paramilitary groups without prior notice”, comes from a count by the researcher Laura Hurtado cited by Avispa Midia (Jul 17, 2024); no official eviction statistics are published. For rural land in the Verapaces, Izabal, Petén and the Franja Transversal del Norte, due diligence must include the conflict history (COPRECON/SAA archive), not only the registry folio.