Word: madrid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...forces stormed the embassy at the request of the Spanish Ambassador. "The terrorists sacrificed the hostages and immolated themselves afterward," read an official statement. The Ambassador vehemently denied the government account, saying that the police attacked his embassy "with extraordinary brutality," and that their behavior was "absolutely intolerable." In Madrid, the Spanish government handed the Guatemalan Ambassador a stiff note declaring that the police had acted "in violation of the most elementary norms of international law." In protest, Spain broke off diplomatic relations with Guatemala...