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Martin Asturias is a freelance journalist and cameraman based in Austin, Texas, with extensive experience working throughout Central and South America. He is the founder of GMAPROTV, a full-service production team specializing in news coverage, both long- and short-format documentaries, episodic docu-reality, unscripted television, international news, and location scouting—both domestically and abroad. GMAPROTV has a proven track record of delivering high-quality productions in remote and challenging environments, particularly in the jungles of Guatemala, Belize, and the Yucatán Peninsula, among other locations. Our services include providing experienced crews, securing location permits, supplying production equipment, arranging catering, transportation, and lodging, as well as connecting you with local experts and key personnel to support every aspect of your field production. With over 20 years of experience in remote-location and jungle videography, Director of Photography and Field Producer Martin Asturias has worked with major networks including Discovery Channel, History Channel, Travel Channel, and National Geographic, as well as with global news organizations such as Reuters, Fox News and Fox Weather, CNN, ABC, BET, CBS, NBC, and PBS. His work has been broadcast in over 200 countries across six continents.
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FAFG applies forensic sciences to investigate, search, exhume, and identify the victims of Guatemala’s Internal Armed Conflict. Our work includes supporting prosecutors in their investigations, documenting life stories, and facilitating educational spaces, nationally and internationally, about what happened in Guatemala.

A personal interview with Fredy Peccerelli, a forensic anthropologist, director, and one of the founding members of the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation, a nongovernmental organization that exhumes the victims buried in the mass graves of Guatemala's civil war.
The Forensic Anthropology Foundation of Guatemala FAFG applies forensic sciences to investigate, search, exhume, and identify the victims of Guatemala's Internal Armed Conflict.

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Bear Grylls Born Survivor Guatemala

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