Guatemala: Information on whether guerrilla groups occupied Bananera Morales, Izabal, and forcibly recruited students at Dr. Pedro Molina College in 1996
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 January 1998 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | GTM28605.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Guatemala: Information on whether guerrilla groups occupied Bananera Morales, Izabal, and forcibly recruited students at Dr. Pedro Molina College in 1996, 1 January 1998, GTM28605.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac2649.html [accessed 27 May 2023] |
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In a 16 January 1998 telephone interview with the Research Directorate, the human rights observer for the Zacapa regional office of the United Nations Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA) stated that there have been no registered complaints of guerrilla activity in Bananera Morales, a village located in the municipality of Morales dependent on fruit groves, since it began its human rights verification mission in November 1994. The observer added that the only area in the department of Izabal where residents lodged complaints against guerrillas of the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (URNG) was in the municipality of Estor, near Izabal lake.
An official at the Morales municipal office stated that the Dr. Pedro Molina College exists in the town of Bananera Morales, but added that he was unaware of any incidents involving URNG guerrillas in the town or at the school (16 Jan. 1998).
Additional information on these subjects could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
References
Municipality of Morales, Izabal. 16 January 1998. Telephone interview with an official.
United Nations Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA), Zacapa. 16 January 1998. Telephone interview with the human rights observer.
Additional Sources Consulted
Central America NewsPak [Austin, Tex.]. 1996.
Central America Report [Guatemala City]. 1996.
Guatemala Human Rights Update [Washington]. 1996.
Human Rights Watch World Report 1997. 1997.
Latinamerica Press [Lima]. 1996.
Latin American Regional Reports: Caribbean & Central AmericaReport. [London]. 1996.
Electronic sources: IRB Databases, Global News Bank, Internet, REFWORLD (UNHCR database), World News Connection (WNC).
