lOMMUNIQU SIGNED BY THE GUATEMALAN NATIONAL REVOLUTIONARY UNION (URNG) THAT HAS DISTRIBUTED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SaN CARLOS (USaC) ffl| FOLLOWING IS AN INFORMAL TRANSLATION OF THE DOCUMENT, WHICH DEMONSTRATES THAT THE URNG IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE BAMACA CRISIS IN ITS OWN WAY:
"THE GUATEMALAN ARMY HAS ONCE MORE DEMONSTRATED BEFORE THE EYES OF GUATEMALA AND THE WORLD THAT IT IS THE DIRECT RESPONSIBLE (PARTY) OF THE DISAPPEARANCE, KIDNAPPING, TORTURE, AND ASSASSINATION OF GUATEMALAN AND FOREIGN CITIZENS. PROOF OF THIS IS THE CAPTURE, TORTURE AND DISAPPEARANCE OF COMANDaNTE EVERARDO. AS WELL AS THE ASSASSINATION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN CITIZEN MICHAEL DEVINE.
"THE CASE OF COMANDANTE EVERARDOIOLATION OF THE GENEVA CONVENTION ON THE RICHTS OF PRISONERS OF WAR THAT HAS BEEN SIGNED AND RATIFIED BY THE GUATEMALAN GOVERNMENT.
"EVERY TIME THAT THE URNG HAS HAD PRISONERS OF COMBAT. THEIR PHYSICAL AND MORAL INTEGRITY HAVE ALUATS BEEN RESPECTED. IN CASE OF THE WOUNDED, WITHIN MANY (EXISTING) LIMITATIONS. THEY HAVE BEEN TREATED AND DELIVERED TO THEIR FAMILIES, IN AGREEMENT WITH THE GENEVA CONVENTION ON PRISONERS OF WAR.
"PRESENTLY, THE GUATEMALAN GOVERNMENT AND THE ARMY ARE
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TRY IKG TO CONFUSE THE PEOPLE OF GUATEMALA AND the PEOPLE of THEY MAKING THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIa)ESPONSIBLE FOR THESE ACTS, AND SO HIDE WHAT WE ALL KNOW: THAT THE ONE THAT RAPES, KIDNAPS, TORTURES, KILLS. AND DISAPPEARS IS THE ARMY, THROUGH THEMILITARY COMMISSIONERS, AND CIVIL PATROLS. NOW THAT THE DEATH of AN AMERICAN CITIZEN HAS TAKEN PLACE, AND (WITH) the COURAGEOUS STRUGGLE of THE WIFE of COMANDANTE EVERARDO, IT IS PROVEN THAT CLANDESTINE PRISONS DO EXIST, THAT THERE ARE KIDNAPPINGS AND TORTURE, AND EXTRAJUDICIAL ASSASSINATIONS. AND THAT THE GUILTY PARTY IS THE ARMY AND THE GOVERNMENT of RAMIRO DE LEON CARPIO. WHO IS TRYING TO HIDE THE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS COMMITTED BY THE REPRESSIVE FORCES of the COUNTRY.
"LET US NOT ALLOW THEM TO CONFUSE US. THE GRINGO GOVERNMENT, THROUGH THE CIA, ITS MILITARY SCHOOLS AND BASES. HAS SUPPORTED AND TRAINED the ARMIES OF LATIN AMERICA TO KIDNAP AND TORTURE THOSE WHO FIGHT TO END HISERY, BACKWARDNESS, INJUSTICE, AND WHO DEFEND THE NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY. THE ARMY NOW WANTS TO CLEAN ITS HANDS (WHICH ARE) SPOTTED WITH THE BLOOD OF THE PEOPLE. AND WANTS US TO BELIEVE THAT THE GRINGOS ARE THE ONLY RESPONSIBLE PARTY. THE ARMY HAS PEOPLE TRAINED IN TORTURE, KIDNAPPING, AND MASSACRES LIKE THE ONES THAT TOOK PLACE IN IXCAN, QUICHE, PANZOS, SANTIAGO ATITLAN. PETEN AND ALL THROUGH THE WIDTH AND LENGTH of OUR MOTHER COUNTRY.
"WE AREALL TO THE POPULATION IN GENERAL TO DENOUNCE WITH COURAGE AND DECISION ALL THE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS COMMITTED BY THE ARMY, THE different POLICE. the HILITARY COMMISSIONERS, AND THE CIVIL PATROLS. WE APPEAL TO THE GUATEMALAN PEOPLE NOT TO LET THEMSELVES BECOME CONFUSED. THE assassins OF THE BEST CHILDREN OF THE PEOPLE AND OF FOREIGN CITIZENS IS THE ARMY WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT AND HELP FROM THE GRINGOS. LET US ALL TOGETHER FIGHT AGAINST IMPUNITY AND (AGAINST) REPRESSION BY THE ARMY. SO WE MAYEW GUATEMALA WITH PEACE AND social justice.
"COMANDANTE EVERARDO. PRESENT. PRESENT UNTIL WHEN, UNTIL ALWAYS.
"COMANDANTE EVERARDO, BECAUSE WE LOVE LIFE, WE HILL FIGHT UNTIL DEATH."
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