Guatemala, Farmer Offices Broken into
Leader of the Indigenous and Farmer National Department (CONIC) Juan Tiney Monday condemned the breaking into that entity´s offices in the Guatemalan capital and urged the government to investigate the acts.

Monday´s early morning unidentified individuals broke into CONIC headquarters, located in the city´s historical center, and stole money, two TV sets, a tape recorder and the CPU of a computer.

Documents from the Accounting, Promotion and Information and Women Departments as well as an implementation project on hurricane Stan were similarly stolen.

According to the farmer leader, the intimidation act is an attempt to stop the popular movement fights in favor of its historical rights.

On April 5, the same day of the call to a national demonstration, two CONIC leaders were murdered and now this affront takes place just when the national talks with the executives are expected to start, the leader remarked.

"These actions will not yield us," said Juan Tiney and expressed the commitment to maintain the just and historical demands.

After the strong protests and demonstrations last month, unions, indigenous and farmer organizations forced the executive to accede to negotiations on the demands.