Man Tries to Kill Guatemala Leader
<i> Associated Press</i>
GUATEMALA CITY —
President Alvaro Arzu escaped unharmed from an attempt on his life Sunday on the eve of a visit by Pope John Paul II, government officials said.
Security guards shot and killed the assailant, who tried to ram his pickup truck into the president and his wife as they rode horses in Antigua, west of the capital.
The incident occurred as thousands of police are mobilizing across Central America for the pontiff’s weeklong tour, which begins today in Guatemala.
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