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...village of Chacas near the Mexican border. Guatemala has been conducting negotiations on this issue of relocation with Mexico since November of 1983. In April the Mexican government unilaterally decided to resettle the refugees in northern Campeche. The Guatemalan government publicly protested to the Mexicans after the El Chupadero incident and denied any Guatemalan army involvement. It requested protection for the refugees from guerrilla-sponsored violence, since the host country has a moral responsibility to protect their lives and cater to their wellbeing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 9, 1984 | 7/9/1984 | See Source »

...staging areas for the guerrillas, a charge that Mexico indignantly denies. Dozens of times over the past four years Guatemalan troops have crossed the border to kill and kidnap refugees. The most recent attack occurred last month, when some 200 Guatemalan soldiers attacked a camp at El Chupadero, four miles north of the border. According to the examining doctor, four men, a pregnant woman and a six-year-old child were tortured and killed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mexico: Borderline | 6/18/1984 | See Source »

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