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Between 1946 and 1948, a series of secret medical experiments took place in Guatemala that remained hidden for decades. Vulnerable people—including prisoners, psychiatric patients, and soldiers—were exposed to transmitted infections without their informed consent as part of a U.S.-backed research programme.
Between 1946 and 1948, a series of secret medical experiments took place in Guatemala that remained hidden for decades. Vulnerable people—including prisoners, psychiatric patients, and soldiers—were exposed to transmitted infections without their informed consent as part of a U.S.-backed research programme.
