Guatemala: Notes on Fighting & Political Violence, March 11 - April 12 by Deborah Tyroler Category/Department: General Published: Friday, April 19, 1991

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March 11: Rebels pertaining to the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (URNG) dynamited 11 electricity towers in Huehuetenango department, causing blackouts in seven municipalities. Army sources reported that rebels attacked a military patrol in Las Brisas, San Marcos department. Seven soldiers were wounded. Police and military sources reported that 15 persons were assassinated throughout the country within the past 48 hours. March 20: According to government and rebel reports, three soldiers were killed during rebel attacks in the nation's interior. Government sources reported that rebel forces attacked a military installation in Raxruha, Alta Verapaz department. No details on casualties were provided. March 24: Six soldiers were wounded as they pursued a group of rebels through a minefield, military sources reported. March 25: In a statement, the army said a soldier was assassinated by rebels, "practically in front of his house," in La Laguna San Diego, El Peten department. National Police sources reported that unidentified assailants launched a fragmentation grenade at a private home in Nebaj, El Quiche department. One person was killed, and another injured. Police reported assassinations of 10 persons, including a university student, in Guatemala City and elsewhere. March 28: A soldier shot and killed two counterparts at El Amatillo Hacienda, property of the army's inspector general, Jose Benedicto Ortega. The incident took place following an argument. A soldier was killed during a clash with rebels in Alta Verapaz department. March 31: In El Peten department, rebels killed a soldier in an attack against an army unit. Rebel sources reported three government troop casualties during an ambush in Ixcan, El Quiche department. According to a URNG communique, rebels had occupied La Libertad municipality, El Peten department. The URNG threatened truck drivers with setting fire to their vehicles if they collaborated with government troops. Rebels attacked an A-37B bomber aircraft between La Libertad and El Narnajo, El Peten department. The pilot, said rebel sources, decided to leave the area. The National Police reported that an 11-year-old boy was killed when a grenade exploded in Las Nubes, Coban department. April 2: Army sources reported that two rebels were killed in San Marcos department in a clash with soldiers. April 4: Government sources reported that at Santa Elena Barrillas, located 22 km. from Guatemala City, 100 rebels stormed the police station, took six officers prisoner, and collected uniforms and weapons. The National Police announced a "state of permanent alert," result of attacks on police agents in recent weeks. Three officers were killed in the attacks. April 12: Rebel sources reported 12 government troop casualties during a clash in Villa Nueva municipality (southern Guatemala). In El Peten department, rebels attacked the training facility for elite Kaibiles counterinsurgency troops. Rebels set up barricades across several sections of roadway in southern Guatemala. (Basic data from: ACAN-EFE, 03/24-26/91, 03/28/91, 03/31/91, 04/12/91; AFP, 03/20/91, 04/02/91, 04/04/91, 04/11/91; EFE, 03/11/91, 03/20/91, 03/26/91, 04/12/91)

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