SR REP GUATEMALA
ACTION: PRIL 53
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GUAT
TO: SGUAT
HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM
SITUATION liZED
OLICETRvWe^ wIy ACT1 VtP'ftK'lNG ARRESTS VARIOUS SECTIONS OF COUNTRY, MAINTAINING EXTRA GUARDS AT DIPLOMATIC INSTALLATIONS AND SEARCHING BOTH VEHICLES AND PERSONS ENTERING AND DEPARTING PRINCIPAL POPULATION AREAS.
POLICE HAVE ADMITTED THAT:
CORDOVA CERNA ARRESTEDPR) ANDGUARDSO HIM TOPR. HIS GUARDS (POLlOE ALLEGE HE VAS HEAD OF LARGER MOVEMENT OFA PART).
LEADERSUILLERMO FLORESSOLORZANO, ALFREDO CASTANEDA (ALL FORMER ARMY COLONELS).
LEADERS ARRESTED AT SALAMA NA'-CLYARlZA, FABIAN FIGUEROA ALVARADO AND HUGOE KILLED BY GUARDS5PR WHILE IN JAIL AT
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GUAT 2
SA LAW (ALLEGEDLY) TRY IMS TO ESCAPE,
Do NU^JEROUS ARRESTS VADE IN EL PROGRESO WHERE ANOTHER MOVEMENT (ALLEGEDLY) VAS TO HAVE BEEN WOE iN CONJUNCTION VMTH SAUWA^GROUPo MAJOR MANUEL CONTRERAS ORELLANA, ARRESTED, DISCLOSED LOCATION AT SANTA RITA.
3e THREE PERSONS HAVE TAKEN ASYLUW IN MEXICAN EMBASSY INCLUDING MANUEL DE JESUS JUAREZ PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED AS LOCAL LEADER OF' GROUP WHO VAS NOT ARRESTED AS PREVIOUSLY INDICATED* Ua ONFIRMED BY OFFICIAL AND INDEPENDENT PRESS' % RNOtWDLE IS IN HIDING. RILL PROBABLY SEEK ASYLUM
MEXICAN EMBASSY AND SUBSEQUENTLY. VIA -MEXICO.
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6. OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED THAT GUAT HAS WITHDRAW FROM ODECA AND FILED COMPLAINTS WITH UoN. .
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