a 3 g f ate Pnnted 11 25 1397 CHANNEL n a 8 L PAGE 01 GUATEM 05673 0318402 E2 ACTION INFO ss 10 CIAE-OO DODE-OO sso-00 SYE-OO 054 336765 0318442 51 0 0317172 AUG 82 - FM AMEMBASSY GUATEMALA TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0 19 4 3m gammy 39 was mm mam WGUATEMALA 5673 a jg FomExunp mE women-1 32 '12 a is or 0 E O 12356 TAGS SHUM PEPR SUBJECT OF GOVERNMENT VIOLENCE REF STATE 214210 1 OF THE THIRTEEN ALLEGED MASSACRES MENTIONED IN REFTEL THE EMBASSY IS ONLY ABLE TO CONFIRM SIX THEY ARE 4-16-82 WHERE FOURTEEN INDIANS INCLUDING ONE WOMAN WERE KILLED AND THEIR HOUSES 5-14 82 CHICHICASTENANGO WHERE ALL 8 MEMBERS OF AN INDIAN FAMILY INCLUDING WOMEN AND CHILDREN WERE 5-18 82 SAQUIYA CHICHICASTENANGO QUICHE WHERE 46 INDIANS INCLUDING 25 CHILDREN AND FIFTEEN WOMEN WERE MACHINEGUNNED AND STABBED BY ARMED 6-18-82 SAN MARCOS ALTA VERAPAZ WHERE TWENTY-ONE INDIANS WERE MASSACRED AND THEIR HOUSES BURNED 6-26-82 XILAJ VILLAGE NEAR COBAN ALTA VERAPAZ WHERE FIVE INDIANS WERE KILLED AND TEN WOUNDED 2 OF THESE KILLINGS THE EMBASSY ATTRIBUTED THE 4-16-82 SEMEJA KILLINGS TO THE THE W430 PAGE 02 GUATEM 05673 0318402 5-14 82 CHICHICASTENANGO KILLINGS TO THE 5-15-82 SANTA CRUZ MULUA KILLINGS TO THE 5-18-82 SAQUIYA KILLINGS TO THE Page - 1 1 - 1te printed 11 25 1997 8ZGUATEM05673 CHANNEL n a 3 THE 6-18-82 SAN MARCOS KILLINGS TO AND THE 6-26-82 XILAJ COBAN KILLINGS TO UNKNOWNS 3 WE HAVE NO INFORMATION EITHER FROM THE PRESS OR OTHER SOURCES ON THE ALLEGED MASSACRES f1 IN SAN MIGUEL ACATAN NOR NATILIABAJ NEAR COBAN THE OTHER ALLEGED SCENES OF MASSACRES REPORTED BY RADIO HAVANA PARRAXTUT EL PAJARITO PICHIQUIL EL MANAGAL AND RIO NEGRO NOT APPEAR IN ANY INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO US AS SCENES OF MASSACRES OR KILLINGS TAYLOR Current Handling Restrictions 1W Current Classification IC Page 2 This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu