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