Guatemala police archive yields clues to 'dirty war' [audio 8min]

Human rights researchers seeking to understand abuses during Guatemala's bloody civil war have launched one of the largest detective projects in history. A mammoth warehouse discovered last year contains tens of millions of documents comprising the National Police Archive. The records, which the government first denied existed, are expected to offer evidence of a police role in murders and disappearances during Guatemala's "dirty war." Time is of the essence. The ombudsman's term expires in a year and a half. Researchers expect to make their first public revelations from the Guatemalan National Police Archive later this fall. ~Website offers photos plus extended story and reporter's notebook by John Burnett.