IV. TYPES OF KILLINGS
13. In his report, the Special Rapporteur indicated several particularly problematic types of killings that occur in Guatemala: social cleansing; lynching; femicide; attacks targeting people for being gay, lesbian, transgender or transsexual; {{1}} attacks on human rights defenders; and violence against those in prisons. In addition, in the last few years a new form of violence has taken hold – attacks against conductors of public transit.
[[1]]1. Updated information on attacks in Guatemala against those perceived to be gay, lesbian, transgender or transsexual was not provided.[[1]]
Link to full text of the report: Follow-up report-SR Executions-Guatemala-2009-eng