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VIOLENTil UUHLULT IU UtTERHINE THE TRUE DIRECTION OF THE VIOLENCE" STATING THAT ON THE SURFACE THEY APPEAR TO BEe T0 SECURITY. FORCES, BUT, IN FACT, THEY HAY WELL BE THt ACTS Or RIGHT-WING EXTREHIST ELEMENTS, OR CRIMINAL CROUPS. SUCH AS NARCO TRAFFICKERS FICHTINC FOR CONTROL OF HICHLY LUCRATIVE ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES.
SLAYING OF GUATEMALA POLICE INSPECTOR JOSEESCOBAR, THE OFFICER IN CHARGE OF INVESTIGATING THE MURDER OF HIRNAUATEMALAN ANTHROPOLOGIST, THE OFFICER REPLIED THAT TO THE BEST OF HIS KNOWLEDGE THE REAL KILLERS HAVE NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED. HE ADDED THERE APPEARS TOONCERTED EFFORT TO MISDIRECT OR OBSCURE THE INVESTIGATION, AND TALK WITHIN MILITARY CIRCLES IS THATAS GETTING TOO CLOSE TO IDENTIFYING THE KILLERS OF HACK, AND HE HAD TO BE KILLED. WHEN ASKED IF THIS INDICATED THE KILLING WAS OFFICIALLY SANCTIONED, HE STATED IT APPEARED SO, BUT HE WOULD NOT SPECULATE AS TO WHO HrCHT HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE.
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