Indians not threatened, says Govt
NZPA Guatemala City The Guatemalan Government has denied foreign press reports that 3500 Indians living in Government camps in west Guatemala were under threat of execution by the Army. The reports, claiming the Indians were under threat of death for aiding guerrillas, followed up recent charges by human rights groups that at least 2600 people, mostly Indians, had been killed by the Army since the military Government came to power in March. A Government spokesman, Rafael Escobar Arguello, told reporters that the Indians, mostly women and children, had come to the camps in San Martin Jilotepeque, 75km north-west of the capital, after escaping from Leftist guerrillas who aad forced them to abandon their villages and live in the mountains.
He said the guerrillas made them collaborate with insurgent efforts to topple the military Government. The camps, filled recentlyprovided food and medical care for the Indians, many ol them suffering from anaemia and other ailments. Mr Arguello said.
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