The World - News from Nov. 6, 1985
More than 100 protesters who took over the Metropolitan Cathedral in Guatemala City last week to demand information about missing relatives left the church peacefully. The military government had refused to meet with representatives of the group, saying it would not “negotiate with terrorists.” The protesters accuse Guatemalan security forces of kidnaping or arresting 775 of their relatives over the last few years.
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