Fredy Peccerelli (born 1971), a

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, is the director and one of the founding members of the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation in

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, a

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that exhumes

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s of victims of Guatemala's civil war. Peccerelli, along with members of his immediate family, has been the subject of repeated death threats as a result of his work. In 1999, he was chosen by

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and ''

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'' magazine as one of the "50 Latin American Leaders for the New Millennium". In addition to his ongoing work in Guatemala, Peccerelli has conducted exhumations of mass graves in post-war

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. He testified about this work at the

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on 13 March 2007.Transcript for case number IT-05-88-T, The Prosecutor versus Vujadin Popovic et al.
see especially parts marked pages 8749-8753

References

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A Guatemalan Returns to Help Find the 'Disappeared'
summary of radio interview by Michele Kelemen on

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(full audio interview available). Original air date 15 June 2006, accessed 16 June 2008.
Brief biography from the American Association for the Advancement of Science
accessed 16 June 2008.

interview in ''

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'' by

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on 30 March 2004, accessed 16 June 2008. {{DEFAULTSORT:Peccerelli, Fredy 1971 births Living people Guatemalan human rights activists Guatemalan anthropologists Forensic anthropologists