WORLD : Activists Seize Costa Rica Embassy
<i> From Times wire services</i>
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador —
About 30 human rights activists seized the Costa Rican Embassy in the capital today to protest policies of President Alfredo Cristiani’s rightist government they regard as repressive.
It was not immediately known if they were armed. A spokeswoman for the activists said they had no weapons, but embassy sources said they were armed, and initial police reports said some were heavily armed.
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