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03GUATEMALA1907
2003-07-25 22:52:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Guatemala
Cable title:
VIOLENT STREET PROTESTS OVER--FOR NOW
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UNCLAS GUATEMALA 001907
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV ASEC PHUM KDEM PINR PINS GT
SUBJECT: VIOLENT STREET PROTESTS OVER--FOR NOW
REF: GUATEMALA 1906 AND PREVIOUS
As of 1700 local time, police and media sources confirm that
the pro-Rios Montt street demonstrations have ended.
Television broadcasts show the areas around the various court
buildings previously occupied by protesters are now deserted.
The buses that brought the protesters into the capital are
now carrying them back into the interior. While this round
of demonstrations is over for now, protests could emerge
again as Rios Montt's legal case proceeds through the courts.
HAMILTON