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Central America and the Caribbean > Guatemala > Terrorism

GUATEMALAN TERRORISM STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Collective Political Violence in the 1990's combined 33 [33rd of 159]
Collective Political Violence in the 1990s with Excessive Targeting of Civilians 29 [29th of 85]
Convention on aircraft offences 17-Nov-70
Convention on civil aviation safety 19-Oct-78
Convention on crimes against protected persons 18 January 1983(R)
Convention on hostages 11 March 1983(R)
Convention on protection of nuclear material 23 April 1985(R)
Convention on seizure of aircraft 16-May-79
Global Terrorism Indicator 44 [44th of 160]
Protocol against violence at international airports 11-Oct-94
Terrorist Acts > 1968-2006 > Deaths to incidences ratio 64 Deaths per act [64th of 162]
Terrorist Acts > 1968-2006 > Fatalities 38 [38th of 161]
Terrorist Acts > 1968-2006 > Incidences 34 [34th of 165]
Terrorist Acts > 1968-2006 > Injuries 70 [70th of 164]
Terrorist Acts > 2000-2006 > Fatalities 53 [53rd of 110]
Terrorist Acts > 2000-2006 > Incidences 78 [78th of 112]
Terrorist Acts > 2000-2006 > Injuries 63 [63rd of 112]

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SOURCES: Three classifications of states for further comparative analysis: states experiencing collective political violence with excessive targeting of civilians (CPVCIV), states experiencing political violence without excessive targeting of civilians (CPVNOCIV), and states without collective political violence. The first two classifications provided ordinal magnitude scales, ranging from 1 to 4; the third classification was used as a common baseline control set (scaled value “0�). Collective Political Violence with Excessive Targeting of Civilians (CPVCIV) CPV recoded into CPVCIV 8 4 7 3 5 2 3 1 Collective Political Violence without Excessive Targeting of Civilians (CPVNOCIV) CPV recoded into CPVNOCIV 6 4 4 3 2 2 1 1; The Collective Political Violence (CPV) scale reflects general, ordinal levels of state, non-state, and communal group violence within a particular country during the 1990s. The scale also reflects whether the episode(s) of collective political violence resulted in an excessive targeting of civilians. The term “excessive targeting of civilians� focuses on the deliberate and systematic use of violence against non-combatant populations in situations of political conflict by either state or non-state actor groups that can be considered in excess of the general suffering of civilian populations that is associated with warfare.; Date of adoption of the United Nations Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft, signed in Tokyo on 14 September 1963; Date of adoption of the United Nations Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation, Signed in Montreal on 23 September 1971; Date of adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents, Adopted by the General Assembly on 14 December 1973. Signature (S), Ratification (R ), Accession (a), Acceptance (A), Approval (AA), Succession (d). If there are no abbreviations, the type of the adoption of the treaty by the member states is not specifically indicated.; Date of adoption of the United Nations International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages, adopted by the General Assembly on 17 December 1979; Date of Adoption of the United Nations COnvention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, signed in Vienna on 3 March 1980. Signature (S), Ratification (R ), Accession (a), Acceptance (A), Approval (AA), Succession (d). Note: If there are no abbreviations that means the type of the adoption of the treaty by the member states is not specifically indicated; Date of adoption of the United Nations Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, signed at The Hague on 16 December 1970; Table 4: Description of the Global Terrorism Indicator Level General Category Description (TERROR) 5 Greater than 1000 deaths 4 Greater than 200 and less than or equal to 1000 deaths 3 Greater than 100 and less than or equal to 200 deaths 2 Greater than 20 and less than or equal to 100 deaths 1 Less than or equal to 20 deaths 0 No deaths or incidents recorded; Date of adoption of the United Nations Protocol on the Suppression on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation, supplementary to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation, signed in Montreal on Feb 24 1988; Number of deaths per terrorist act for the period 1968-2006. NOTE: Germany incudes both East and West, as well as united Germany. Ratio for Chechnya is 1.59; Ratio for Kashmir is 1.54; Ratio for Northern Ireland is .103. West Bank includes Gaza Strip.; Terrorist Incidents by country from 1968 to 2006. Data for 1968-1997 covers only international incidents.Data for 1998-Present covers both domestic and international incidents. NOTE: Data for Chechnya: 232 incidences; 777 injuries; 371 fatalities. Data for Czechoslovakia: 2 incidences; 1 injury. Data for Kosovo alone: 130 incidences; 127 injuries; 51 fatalities. Data for Montenegro alone: 13 incidences; 1 fatality. Data for Northern Ireland: 696 incidences; 214 injuries; 72 fatalities. Data for Federal Republic of Germany: 459 incidences; 697 injuries; 93 fatalities. Data for German Democratic Republic: 6 incidences; 10 injuries; 1 fatality. German totals above invlude the Federal Republic and the Democratic Republic, as well as Germany from 1990. Benin incudes incidences which happened under the name Dahomey. Namibia incudes incidences which happened under the name SWAf. Data for Democratic Republic of Congo includes incidences which happened under the name Zaire and Belgian Congo. Zimbabwe incudes incidences which happened under the name Rhodesia. Data for Western Sahara: 3 incidences; 3 injuries; 9 fatalities. Data for Transkei: 1 incidence. Data for Kashmir: 947 incidences; 2340 injuries; 1467 fatalities. West Bank includes the Gaza Strip.; Terrorist Incidents by country from 1968 to 2006. Data for 1968-1997 covers only international incidents. Data for 1998-Present covers both domestic and international incidents. NOTE: Data for Chechnya: 232 incidences; 777 injuries; 371 fatalities. Data for Czechoslovakia: 2 incidences; 1 injury. Data for Kosovo alone: 130 incidences; 127 injuries; 51 fatalities. Data for Montenegro alone: 13 incidences; 1 fatality. Data for Northern Ireland: 696 incidences; 214 injuries; 72 fatalities. Data for Federal Republic of Germany: 459 incidences; 697 injuries; 93 fatalities. Data for German Democratic Republic: 6 incidences; 10 injuries; 1 fatality. German totals above invlude the Federal Republic and the Democratic Republic, as well as Germany from 1990. Benin incudes incidences which happened under the name Dahomey. Namibia incudes incidences which happened under the name SWAf. Data for Democratic Republic of Congo includes incidences which happened under the name Zaire and Belgian Congo. Zimbabwe incudes incidences which happened under the name Rhodesia. Data for Western Sahara: 3 incidences; 3 injuries; 9 fatalities. Data for Transkei: 1 incidence.; Terrorist acts by country from 2000 to 2006. Data for 1998-Present covers both domestic and international incidents. NOTE: Data for Chechnya: 220 incidences; 768 injuries; 362 fatalities. Data for Kosovo alone: 58 incidences; 80 injuries; 19 fatalities. Data for Montenegro alone: 6 incidences; 1 fatality. Data for Northern Ireland: 561 incidences; 105 injuries; 17 fatalities. Data for Kashmir: 920 incidences; 2208 injuries; 1236 fatalities.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Guatemala, Republic of Guatemala, Republica de Guatemala

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