The World - News from April 19, 1988
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Two of four exiles who returned to Guatemala after seven years in exile were arrested at Guatemala City’s international airport and accused by the government of maintaining links with leftist guerrillas, officials said. Rigoberta Menchu and Rolando Castillo Montalvo, members of the Unitary Representation of the Guatemalan Opposition, were taken away for interrogation. Two other exiles, former advisers of a now non-existing union, apparently had no problems entering the country. A government spokesman said Menchu and Castillo will be offered amnesty.
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