Photos: Guatemalan villagers mourn for man slain by LAPD
Family members and friends carry the casket of Manuel Jaminez Xum out of the church and into the hearse, following his wake in Los Angeles. (Katie Falkenberg / For The Times)
Issac Jaminez, center, and Miguel Tzaput, right, both cousins of Manuel Jaminez Xum, mourn over his casket. (Katie Falkenberg / For The Times)
Catarina Marroquin Yon, 39, a cousin of Manuel Jaminez Xum’s wife, pours bean soup as villagers await the arrival of his body in Xexac, Guatemala. Many villagers there only speak Quiche and have little contact with the outside world. (Esmeralda Bermudez / Los Angeles Times)
Tomas Jaminez Ixtos, center, a cousin who grew up with Manuel Jaminez Xum, sobs during the wake as several hundred villagers struggle through the crowd to get near the coffin. Jaminez Xum’s body had been flown from Los Angeles to Guatemala City, then driven by van five hours east to the remote village he came from. (Esmeralda Bermudez / Los Angeles Times)
Isabel Marroquin Tambriz stands in front of her husband’s casket with her sons, Miguel Jaminez Marroquin, 14, Juan Jaminez Marroquin, 7, and Manuel Jaminez Marroquin, 9. (Esmeralda Bermudez / Los Angeles Times)
Isabel Marroquin Tambriz sobs in her home during her husband’s wake, while her sons Miguel, 14, and Manuel, 9, look on. (Esmeralda Bermudez / Los Angeles Times)
The children of Xexac led the procession to the cemetery, carrying beehive ginger and other flowers that grow wild in the area. The lush village lies on the side of a small volcano named Xac. (Esmeralda Bermudez / Los Angeles Times)
Manuel Guachaj Chox, 63, filled the air with burned incense from a censer as more than 500 villagers led Manuel Jaminez Xum’s body to the cemetery. (Esmeralda Bermudez / Los Angeles Times)
Isabel Marroquin Tambriz, center, is carried toward the cemetery during her husband’s funeral by her relatives, Maria Carrillo and Antonia Guarchaj Ixquiactap. (Esmeralda Bermudez / Los Angeles Times)
More than 500 villagers gathered to carry Manuel Jaminez Xum’s body through the village to the cemetery, where he was placed inside a crypt under a giant cypress tree. (Esmeralda Bermudez / Los Angeles Times)
A photo from the 1970s shows Manuel Jaminez Xum (fourth from left) at age 4 with his cousins and his uncle Manuel Esquipulas Jaminez, who raised him after his parents died. (Esmeralda Bermudez / Los Angeles Times)
