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Guatemala Protests US CIS
Mistreatment
The Guatemalan government
demanded that the Bush
administration open an
investigation into the
mistreatment of Guatemalans
repatriated by US Citizenship
and Immigration Service
authorities.
Guatemala s Chancellor Gert
Rosenthal sent a letter of
protest to the Washington
embassy in this capital,
requesting an investigation of
the denouncements made by those
deported by the United States.
In a press statement Assistant
Foreign Minister Marta
Altolaguirre said there are
testimonies of mistreatment at
the US detention centers,
including the confiscation of
personal items from the
Guatemalan repatriates, such as
money and jewels.
Altolaguirre strongly objected
to this conduct by US
immigration authorities, and
opposed the procedures used when
detaining and repatriating
Guatemalans.
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