Please find attached a series of articles on the peace process and guerrilla activity in Guatemala for the period December 1993 to July 1995. Also attached are two country maps indicating Guatemala's 22 political departments and the areas of guerrilla operations, which may prove useful.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB 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.

Attachments

Central America Report [Guatemala City]. 13 September 1991. Vol. XVIII, No. 35. "Guatemala: Area of Guerrilla Operations," p. 270.

Cerigua [Guatemala City]. 5 July 1995. No. 25. "Rebels Escalate Armed Actions." (Central America NewsPak [Austin], 26 June 1995-9 July 1995. Vol. 10, No. 11, p. 9)

Ceri-Gua [Guatemala City]. 25 April 1995. No. 15. "Civil War Heats Up." (Central America NewsPak [Austin], 17 Apr. 1995-30 Apr. 1995. Vol. 10, No. 6, p. 8)

Cerigua [Mexico City]. 10 January 1995. No. 1. "U.N. Losing Patience With Government and Rebels." (Central America NewsPak [Austin], 9 Jan. 1995-22 Jan. 1995. Vol. 9, No. 25, p. 8)

Dallas Morning News. 3 May 1995. "9 Soldiers Hurt In Attack by Guatemala Rebels." (Central America NewsPak [Austin], 1 May 1995-14 May 1995. Vol. 10, No. 7, p. 7)

Excelsior [Mexico City]. 16 July 1995. "Confrontation Between Members of the URNG and the Army." (Central America NewsPak [Austin], 10 July 1995-23 July 1995. Vol. 10, No. 12, pp. 6-7)

Inside Guatemala. 1992. Edited by Tom Barry. The Inter-Hemispheric Education Resource Center: Albuquerque, NM, p. 12.

InterPress Service (IPS). 25 February 1995. "Government Accepts U.N. Proposal For Peace Talks." (Central America NewsPak [Austin], 20 Feb. 1995-5 Mar. 1995. Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 5-6)

_____. 24 October 1994. "Peace Agreement Unlikely Before End of Year." (Central America NewsPak [Austin], 17 Oct. 1994-30 Oct. 1994. Vol. 9, No. 19, pp. 7-8)

_____. 6 May 1994. "Government and Rebels To Set Date For 'Truth Commission'." (Central America NewsPak [Austin], 2 May 1994-15 May 1994. Vol. 9, No. 7, p. 8)

_____. 23 December 1993. "Army Revises 1993 Guerrilla Actions." (Central America NewsPak [Austin], 27 Dec. 1993-9 Jan. 1994. Vol. 8, No. 24, pp. 4-5)

La Jornada. 11 May 1994. "Carpio Says Immediate Cease-Fire Impossible." (Central America NewsPak [Austin], 2 May 1994-15 May 1994. Vol. 9, No. 7, p. 8)

Miami Herald. 26 February 1995. "Rebels Accept U.N. Peace Plan." (Central America NewsPak [Austin], 20 Feb. 1995-5 Mar. 1995. Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 5-6)

_____. 17 October 1994. "Violence On Rise in Guatemala." (Central America NewsPak [Austin], 17 Oct. 1994-30 Oct. 1994. Vol. 9, No. 19, p. 6)

New York Times. 7 January 1994. "Guatemala Begins A New Round of Talks With Leftists Rebels." (Central America NewsPak [Austin], 27 Dec.-9 Jan. 1994. Vol. 8, No. 24, pp. 5-6)