eemrazmm _7 70 Date Printed 12 11 1997 CHANNEL n a 33 CONFIEEMHHEHI PAGE 01 GUATEM 04990 01 OF 02 0900072 ACTION ARA-16 INFO OCT-00 CIAE-OO DODE-OO NSC-01 NSAE-OO SY-OS HA-06 L-03 PM-09 ICAE-00 SYE-OO SP-02 SPRS-02 084 113451 0900322 72 0822042 JUL 82 FM AMEMBASSY GUATEMALA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9824 INFO AMEMBASSY SAN SALVADOR AMEMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA DEWHMEHOF AMEMBASY MANAGUA 7 SAN JOSE mm Em cm AMEMBASSY BELIZE AMEMBASSY MEXICO mammtm AMEMBASSY PANAMA USCINCSO QUARRY HTS PN JDOWNGRADEISM 3c USMISSION GENEVA USMISSION USUN NEW YORK SECTION 01 OF 02 GUATEMALA 4990 E O 12065 GDS 7 1 88 GONZALES RAYMOND J OR-P TAGS PINT ASE SHUM GT SUBJECT U VIOLENCE AND HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT MAY 1982 REFS A GUATEMALA 3956 B GUATEMALA 3598 1 C - ENTIRE TEXT 2 STATISTICAL SUMMARY AND TRENDS A COMPILED FROM PRESS REPORTS AN OTHER SOURCES AVAILABLE THE MAY DEATH FIGURE REFLECTS AND INCREASE To THE 294 FIGURE FOR APRIL WHILE KILLING IN THE URBAN AREAS CONTINUES TO BE LOWER THAN DURING THE THE COUP OF MARCH 23 THE VIOLENCE IN CONEIDENTIAL PAGE 02 GUATEM 04990 01 OF 02 0900072 -THE INDIAN HIGHLANDS CONTINUES IN MAY 163 CAMPESINOS WERE KILLED INCLUDING MANY WOMEN AND CHILDREN THE SAVAGE MASSACRE OF LARGE NUMBERS OF CAMPESINOS IN Page - 1 Date Printed 12 11 1997 DOC CHANNEL Mia 33 SPECIFIC ATTACKS REFLECTS A CLEAR INCREASE IN ATTACKS AGAINST UNARMED INDIANS THE KILLING OF EIGHTY GUERRILLAS BY SECURITY FORCES ALSO SIGNIFIES AN INCREASE IN MILITARY ACTIVITY FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT MONTH THE 138 VICTIMS KILLED BY THE LEFT SURPASSES THE NUMBER OF VICTIMS ATTRIBUTED TO THE EXTREME - RIGHT THE GOG DEATH SQUADS OR THE NON-ATTRIBUTION CATEGORY B MAY 1982 DEATHS PROBABLY POLITICAL 348 PROSSIBLY POLITICAL 2 DEATH SQUAD 5 - TOTAL 355 PROBABLE POLITICAL DEATHS BY ACTION OF RIGHT EXTREM 0 LEFT EXTREME 138 GOVERNMENT ELEMENTS 90 CIVIL DEFENSE GROUPS 5 NON-ATTRIBUTION 115 TOTAL 348 3 IDENTIFIABLE DEATHS ATTRIBUTED TO AND POLITICAL MOTIVES DOES NOT INCLUDE INDIVIDUALS WITH UNKNOWN OCCUPATIONS 163 CAMPESINOS 12 SOLDIERS 1 STUDENT 4 MILITARY COMMISSIONERS 1 TEACHER 2 MILITARY POLICE PMA 2 FARM OWNERS 5 POLICEMEN 1 BUS DRIVER 2 GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES 2 BUSINESSMEN 6 CIVIL DEFENSE MEMBERS CONEIDENTIAL 33 PAGE 03 GUATEM 04990 01 OF 02 0900072 1 POLITICIAN 1 NIGHT WATCHMAN 1 DUTCH 80 GUERRILLAS 4 DISAPPEARANCES THE TWENTY-THREE ABDUCTIONS RECORDED IN MAY MARKED A SHARP INCREASE OVER THE FOUR RECORED IN APRIL AMONG THE ABDUCTION VICTIMS WERE TWO DOCTORS HUGO LEONEL ALMENGOR KIDNAPPED IN MAZATENANGO MAY 12 AND RAFAEL MINONDO KIDNAPPED IN GUATEMALA CITY MAY 25 FIVE RURAL SCHOOL TEACHERS WERE ABDUCTED IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AS WAS SAN CARLOS UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR GUILLERMO CORALLA TUARCA KIDNAPPED IN GUATEMALA CITY MAY 22 GILBERTO PCOASANGRE A SOCIAL PROMOTER WAS ABDUCTED IN SAN Page - 2 CRISTOBAL EL PROGRESO ON MAY 20 MILITARY COMMISSIONER JOSE LUIS AZURDIA WAS ABDUCTED FROM A PUBLIC BUS BY ARMED MEN MAY 25 IN ACATENANGO A BI-LINGUAL PROGRAM DIRECTOR AUGUSTIN ALVAREZ MEJIA WAS KIDNAPPED MAY 14 IN SANTA CRUZ DEL QUICHE THE REMAINING ELEVEN KIDNAP VICTIMS WERE CAMPESINOS ABDUCTED IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTRY 5 PROBABLE GOVERNMENT VIOLENCE THE GOG ARMY AND SECURITY ELEMENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH OF 80 GUERRILLAS MOST OF THESE WERE GUERRILLAS KILLED IN COMBAT OR IN ATTACKS ON GOVERNMENT INSTALLATIONS THERE IS SOME INDICATION THAT GUATAVO ADOLFO AZURDIA LONZO WAS KILLED AND HIS WIFE KIDNAPPED BY GOG ELEMENTS ON JUNE 11 IN GUATEMALA CITY OUTSIDE OF GUATEMALA GROUPS SUCH AS THE GUATEMALAN PATRIOTIC UNITY COMMITTEE CGUP AND THE COMMITTEE FOR PEASANT UNITY CUC CONTINUE TO PUBLISH REPORTS ACCUSING THE GOG OF THE MASS MURDER OF INDIANS IN THE HIGHLANDS AREA WHILE AS MANY AS 163 CAMPESINOS WERE KILLED DURING THE MONTH WE DID NOT ATTRIBUTE ANY OF THESE KILLINGS TO THE GOG 6 MILITARY CLASHES THERE WERE A TOTAL OF ELEVEN GONEIDENTIAL CQNEIDENTIAL PAGE 04 GUATEM 04990 01 OF 02 0900072 CLASHES DURING THEMONTH THESE RESULTED IN THEJDEATHS OF TWELVE SOLDIERS AND EIGHTY GUERRILLAS THESE CLASHES OCCURRED IN COYOTENANGO SUCHITEPEQUEZ PARRAMOS CHIMALTENANGO MAY 2 FIFTEEN GUERRILLA NEBAJ EL QUICHE MAY 2 FIFTEEN GUERRILLA SANTIAGO HUEHUETENANGQ MAY4 2 SOLDIERS KILLED FIVE i Page - 3 Date Printed 12 11 1997 ALDO m GONFEBENTTHE PAGE 01 04990 02 OF 02 0900182 ACTION ARA-16 9 INFO OCT-00 COPY-01 ADS-00 I 58-10 CIAE-OO DODE-OO 10-15 NSC-01 SY-OS HA-os L-O3 PM-O9 MCT-OZ SYE-OO SP-02 SRRs oz 084 113515 0900332 72 0822042 JUL 82 FM AMEMBASSX GUATEMALA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9825 INFO AMEMBASSY SAN SALVADOR - AMEMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA AMEMBASY MANAGUA SAN JOSE AMEMBASSY BELIZE MEXICO AMEMBASSY PANAMA USCINCSO QUARRY HTS PN USMISSION GENEVA n1 - a- i 0-900111% Date Printed 12 11 1997 CHANNEL n a 33 USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 02 OF 02 GUATEMALA 4990 PATZUN CHIMALTENANGO MAY 5 TWO GUERRILLAS PALMIRA QUEZALTENANGO MAY 7 TWO ORPA GUERRILLAS- 1 ZACUALPA EL QUICHE MAY 19 30 EGP GUERRILLAS MALACATAN SAN MARCOS MAY 21 GUERRILLA NEBAJ EL QUICHE MAY 22 FOUR SOLDIERS TWO GUERRILLAS SANTA CRUZ DEL QUICHE MAY 22 EIGHT GUERRILLAS SAN MARTIN JILOTEPEC CHIMALTENANGO MAY 23 TEN GUERRILLAS SIX SOLDIERS KILLED 7 CIVIL DEFENSE- GUERRILLA CLASHES THERE WERE TWO CLASHES BETWEEN CIVIL DEFENSE CD PATROLS AND GUERRILLAS THE FIRST OCCURRED NEAR SALAMA BAJA VERAPAZ ON MAY 15 IN WHICH FIVE C D PATROL MEMBERS CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 GUATEM 04990 02 OF 02 090018Z WERE KILLED AND A MILITARY COMMISSIONER ACCOMPANYING THEM KIDNAPPED ON MAY 31 IN NEBAJ EL QUICHE GUERRILLAS CLASHED WITH A C D PATROL KILLING ONE C D MEMBER CIVIL DEFENSE ACTIVITY WAS DOWN THIS MONTH FROM THE SEVEN CLASHES IN APRIL THEY CONTINUED To BE POORLY ARMED BUT APPEAR To BE RECEIVING INTENSIPIED TRAINING FROM ARMY ELEMENTS 8 PROBABLE RIGHT EXTEEMIST VIOLENCE THERE WERE NO DEATHS ATTRIBUTED TO THE EXTREME RIGHT DURING THE MONTH 9 PROBABLE LEFTIST TERRORIST VIOLENCE DOES NOT INCLUDE CLASHES WITH THE ARMY OR CIVIL DEFENSE PATROLS A IN ADDITION TO THE TWELVE SOLDIERS AND SIX C D PATROL MEMBERS KILLED BY THE LEFTISTS THEY ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH OF 120 OTHER INDIVIDUALS AMONG THE VICTIMS ARE SEVEN POLICE OR OTHER SECURITY ELEMENTS FOUR MILITARY COM- MISSIONERS AND THE ELECTED MLN MAYOR OF SOLOLA NOTEWORTHY DURING THE MONTH WERE FOUR MASSACRES IN TEN OR MORE CAMPESINOS WERE KILLED BASED ON SOME EVIDENCE AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THESE KILLINGS WE ATTRIBUTE THEM TO GUERRILLA ELEMENTS THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 91 MEN WOMEN AND Page - 5 5381238813335 a uni Date Printed 12 11 1997 noc_num3m - CHANNEL 33 CHILDREN KILLED IN THESE ATTACKS THE FIRST OCCURRED MAY 8 IN LA DEMOCRACIA HUEHUETENANGO WHERE TERRORISTS TOOK OVER THE VILLAGE OF CHAMAXU KILLED THIRTEEN RESIDENTS AND BURNED HOUSES ON MAY 10 IN CHISEC ALTA VERAPAZ THE EGP KILLED TWENTY CAMPESINOS INCLUDING WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND BURNED THEIR HOUSES IN COTZAL EL QUICHE TERRORISTS KILLED TWELVE INDIANS ON MAY 18 IN THE MOST GRUESOME ATTACK OF THE CGNFIBENTEAL PAGE 03 GUATEM 04990 02 OF 02 0900182 MONTH TERRORISTS KILLED FORTY-SIX VILLAGERS IN SAQUIYA CHICHICASTENANGO EL QUICHE THE VICTIMS INCLUDING CHILDREN AND FIFTEEN WOMEN WERE MACHINE- GUNNED AND HACKED UP WITH MACHETES THE PERPETRATORS WERE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN WEARING OLIVE GREEN UNIFORMS NOT STANDARD ARMY COMBAT DRESS AND SURVIVORS FLED TO THE ARMY FOR HELP THUS PRESENTING A STRONG CASE FOR ATTRIBUTING THIS MASSACRE TO THE EXTEME LEFT B TERRORISTS WERE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THIRTEEN VILLAGE TAKE-OVERS ORPA TOOK CREDIT FOR FOUR OF THESE WHILE THE EGP TOOK CREDIT FOR THREE ALL OF THESE VILLAGE TAKE-OVERS OCCURRED IN THE INDIAN HIGHLANDS REGION OF THE COUNTRY THERE WERE NINE MAJOR BOMBINGS DURING THE MONTH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WERE THE EGP BOMBING IN MALACATONCITOS MAY 1 WHICH DESTROYED A BRIDGE ON AMERICAN HIGHWAY AND TNT BOMBS WHICH DESTROYED ELECTRICAL FACILITIES IN VILLA NUEVA GUATEMALA THERE WERE ADDITIONAL TERRORIST ACTS DURING THE MONTH WHICH INCLUDED THE BURNING OF GASOLINE STATIONS BUSES AND OTHER THE DESTRUCTION OF TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH THE BURING OF FARM STRUCTURES AND AND ATTACKS ON GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS PERHAPS THE MOST DRAMATIC TERRORIST ACTEWAS THE TAKE-OVER OF THE BRAZILIAN EMBASSY ON BY ELEMENTS OF THE CUC AND BOTH CONNECTED WITH THE EGP AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH BRAZILIAN OFFICIALS HOSTAGES INCLUDING THE BRAZILIAN AMBASSADOR WERE RELEASED UNHARMED AND THE TERRORISTS FLOWN TO MEXICO IN EXCHANGE FOR THE RELEASE OF HOSTAGES LOCAL PAPERS AND SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL PAPERS RAN COPIES OF A MANIFESTO DEMANDED BY THE TERRORISTS REFTEL B Page - 6 CONFIDENTIAL Date Printed 12 11 1997 DOC 990 CHANNEL n a 33 10 HUMAN RIGHTS ATMOSPHERICS ON MAY 8 THE 4TH GONEIBENTTAL CONFIDENTEAE PAGE 04 GUATEM 04990 02 OF 02 0900182 GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN CENTRAL AMERICA RELEASED ITS REPORT IN SAN JOSE COSTA RICA THE ASSEMBLY IS A LOOSE-KNIT NON-GOVERNMENTAL GROUPING OF HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS WITH A LEFTIST LEANING IN THE ASSEMBLY ACCUSED THE U S OF COMMITTING GREATEST VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS THROUGH VARIOUS FORMS OF POLITICAL ECONOMIC CULTURAL AND MILITARY INTERVENTION OF WHICH THE PEOPLES OF CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN ARE ESPECIALLY THROUGH MILITARY AID TO EL SALVADOR AND THE ASSEMBLY ALSO DENOUNCED THE EXISTENCE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN GUATEMALA AND EL SALVADOR THE FINAL REPORT APPEARED TO HAVE LITTLE IMPACT INTER- NATIONALLY SINCE THE GROUP IS NOT A PART OF ANY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIATION SUCH AS THE UN OR OAS MEANTIME IN GUATEMALA THE ASTUTE HANDLING OF THE BRAZILIAN EMBASSY OCCUPATION SERVED THEM WELL IN THEIR EFFORTS TO CHANGE THEIR INTERNATIONAL IMAGE LIKEWISE THE INCREASED GUERRILLA VIOLENCE AGAINST NON-COMBATANTS IN THE INDIAN HIGHLAND COULD IF KNOWN DO MUCH TO ALTER THE IMAGE THEY HAD ENJOYED IN SOME PARTS OF THE WORLD GUATEMALA 4822 REPORTED HOWEVER ON AN INTERNA- TIONAL DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN TO DISCOURAGE THIS FROM HAPPENING TAYLOR Page - 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