AMERICAN MISSIONARY MURDERED
P. INCREASED CONCERN. BUSINESSMEN REGARDING GUATEMALAN TERRORISM
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AMERICAN MISSIONARY MURDERED IN< GUATEMALA>
JOHN TROYER, PASTOR OF THE CONSERVATIVE KENNONITE FELLOWSHIP MISSION IN ALDEA PALAMA, LOCATEDILES NORTHWEST OF CHIMALTENANGO, MAS MURDEREDROUP OP APPROXIMATELYRMED MEN0 ONEPTEMBER. GARY MILLER, ANOTHER AMERICAN AFFILIATED WITH THE MISSION, WAS SHOT IN THE CHEST AND IS RECUPERATING IN<GUATEMALA>CITY.
PRIOR TO THS SHOOTING, THE ARMED MEN SPENT AN HOUR RANSACKING THE TROYER RESIDENCE AND ACCUSING THEM OP BEING SPIES FOR. GOVERNMENT, IMPEDING THE PROGRESS OF THEIR "MOVEMENT* AMONG THE PEASANTS, AND EXPRESSING RESENTMENT OF. LIFESTYLE. TROYER'S WIFE, FIVE CHILDREN, AND THEIR GUATEMALAN MAID WITNESSED THE SHOOTING BUT WERE NOT HARMED - NO GROUP HAS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MURDER.
IN SPITE OF THE INCREASING VIOLENCE IN<GUATEMALA, >FATHBR FERDINAND GOSSELIN AND FATHER BRBEN, MARYXNOLL PRIESTS, HAVE A DESIRE TO RETVES* TO THE ^
TSD CUSTER. ARYKfJOLL PRIEST WORKINGUATEMALA>CITY, RECEIVED TWO DEATH THREATS AND LEFT<GUATEHALA>IN LATE AUGUST. FATHER BRUCE (NO LAST NAME AVAILABLE), WHO HAD BEEN WORXING IN HUEHUETENANGO. ASKED TO BE SENT HOME BECAUSE THE KILLING AND VIOLENCE IN THE INDIAN HIGHLANDS WAS BECOMING OVER WH EI -MI KG EVEN
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THE GOVERNMENTULL INVESTIGATION INTODEATH OF FATHER STANLEY< ROTHBR >THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOT RESPONDED TO REQUESTS HE GOVERNMENT FOR AN INVESTIGATIOM. ^fe
INCREASED CONCERN. BUSINESSMEN REGARDING GUATEMALAN TERRORISM
F, . BUSINESSMEN IN<GUATEMALA> ARE EXPRESSING GROWING CONCERN FOR THEIR PERSONAL SAFETY IN THE HAKE OF THE INCREASED TERRORIST THREAT. THE KIDNAPPING/MURDER OF CLIFFORD BEVZNS HAS CAUSED MANY BUSINESSMEN TO TAKE SECURITY PRECAUTIONS IN ORDER TO LOWER THEIR VULNERABILITY TO TERRORIST ACTIONS. MANY HAVE SOUGHT PROFESSIONAL SECURITY COUNSELING AND ARE CARRYING ARMS. fe
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