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Guats Hold The Hardline In Statement
posted (May 4, 2016)

And while government says it is cautiously optimistic, the Guatemalans – in their public pronouncements are keeping up the hard line. 

Today, the Guatemalan Foreign Affairs Ministry put out their own statement in reaction to the Prime Minister’s comments yesterday.

The Guatemalan Government summarizes Prime Minister Barrow’s comments as failed attempts to justify the killing of 13 year-old Julio Alvarado Ruano to the media and the international community. As you are aware, they believe that the BDF hunted the 13 year-old down and callously shot him to death. The BDF say that they were shot at in the Cebada area of the Chiquibul, under the cover of darkness, and they returned fire to defend themselves.

Once again the Guatemalan Foreign Ministry describes  the shooting as an inexcusable act of violence perpetrated by irresponsibility and lack of professionalism.

The strongly worded statement from the Guatemalan Foreign Ministry says that they have asked the Secretary General of the OAS to form an ad-hoc commission of inquiry, consisting of experts, to find out the circumstances of the 13 year-old’s killing. 

In relation to the movement of troops to the Guatemalan side of the Adjacency Zone and the Sarstoon, the statement says, quote, “Guatemala…will defend its sovereignty, territorial integrity and welfare of its citizens at all costs and sparing no efforts.â€￾

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