Guatemala to Seek Justice if Police Killings Proven
09/04/04
Reuters
The Guatemalan government vowed on Friday to use the full force of the law if claims that police summarily executed at least three peasant squatters on a ranch this week are true.
The government-appointed human rights ombudsman told Congress that police may have shot dead three unarmed peasants in cold blood while evicting thousands of squatters from a ranch on Wednesday near the southern town of Champerico.