Alfredo Arévalo Reyes (born February 20, 1976 in Uspantán) is a Guatemalan marathon runner.
In January 1980 a group of K'iche' and Ixil peasant farmers organized a march to Guatemala City to protest the kidnapping and murder of peasants in Uspantán in El Quiché department by elements of the Guatemalan Army.
Laj Chimel or Chimel is a community located in the cloud forest of the municipality of San Miguel Uspantán, Department of El Quiché, Guatemala.
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It is located a short distance north of the municipal capital San Miguel Uspantán, about 45 minutes to an hour in vehicle.
The birthplace of Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú Tum, a community named Laj Chimel, is located Uspantán not far from the municipal seat.
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While most of its indigenous population speaks the K'iche' language, other Mayan languages spoken in the department are Ixil (Nebaj - Chajul - Cotzal area), Uspantek (Uspantán area), Sakapultek (Sacapulas area), as well as Poqomchi' and Q'ekchi in the North-Eastern part bordering with the Alta Verapaz department.