PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION OUTSIDE EMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA

UNCLAS TEGUCIGALPA 002222 SIPDIS DEPT. FOR WHA/CEN, DS/OP/WHA E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PGOV ASEC PREL PTER PHUM SOCI HO SUBJECT: PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION OUTSIDE EMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA REGARDING THE DISAPPEARANCE OF FATHER JIM CARNEY On September 17 approximately 100 demonstrators, mostly from the Popular Block, gathered peacefully outside the Embassy to protest the lack of information over the disappearance of leftist Jesuit priest, Father Jim Carney, (aka Father Guadalupe) in 1982-83. Father Guadalupe left the U.S. to come live and work with leftist guerrillas in Honduras. The demonstration was led by Joseph Connolly, brother-in-law of Father Guadalupe, who is also a U.S. citizen. Mr. Connolly delivered a letter addressed to the Ambassador demanding the Embassy release any documents it has relating to the priest's disappearance. Mr. Connolly then delivered an anti-U.S. speech to the crowed and led them in anti-U.S. slogans. PIERCE