At the end of last year, the government and the guerrillas finally agreed on a treaty to end the country's 36-year-long civil war. Refugees who fled to Mexico during the war are now returning to their lands to reestablish their homes. This has led to a large increase in Peten's population in the last two years.
去年底，持續三十六年的內戰，在瓜國政府與游擊隊「最後和平協定」簽訂中結束，一批批逃往墨西哥的難民回到故土重建家園，使得北碇的人口這兩年來大量增加。