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11-05-2009, 01:39 PM
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 ~Una dama~ Poster Rank:40 Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 38,294 Mentioned: 53 Post(s) Quoted: 2765 Post(s)
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Shot Nd Killed
On March 15, in Colotenango, Huehuetenango, at least two demonstrators protesting the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) were shot and killed by Guatemalan army forces. The men who were shot to death were Juan López, from the village of Xemal, Colotenango, and Ical resident José Sanchez Gómez, who died from his wounds in the hospital. Both were members of the Campesino Unity Committee (CUC). According to CUC, at 6:30 in the morning on March 15, CUC members gathered to demonstrate peacefully, along with members of the National Indigenous and Campesino Committee (CONIC), the Association for Community Promotion and Development (CEIBA), MAMA MAQUIN, MAGISTERIO, and the National Coordinating Committee of the Displaced of Guatemala (CONDEG). Guatemalan farmer Juan Lopez from Xemal was shot dead by armed forces.  · |
