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Guatemala to Compensate Hostage
Families
Victims families of the attack
and fire of the Spanish embassy
in Guatemala will be awarded
with an economic compensation 27
years after the events happened,
report media in this capital
Monday.
Rosalina Tuyuc, president of the
National Commission of
Compensation assured that from
the 37 already dead 25 families
had been registered with the
view to give them 24 thousands
quetzals (about 3,200 dollars)
as compensation.
The figure is similar to the one
allocated to the victims of the
Guatemalan armed conflict
(1960-1996), declared the
official.
On that date in 1980 a group of
farmers from the northwestern
department of Quiche supported
by union members and
humanitarian leaders occupied
the Spanish embassy and detained
the workers, diplomatic staff
and others.
The objective was to call the
international Public opinion s
attention on the atrocities
committed by the Guatemalan army
in the region.
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