I was about to refer to the principal difference between the Gomez case and the Barrundia case. In the Gomez case Minister Hall. who was the minister to Central America at that time. when he learned of the application made to the United States consul by the Nicaraguan minister of foreign affairs. made this response: Say respectfully to the minister of foreign affairs that our CoverneVnt nlver has consented and never will consent to the arrest and removal from an American vessel. in a foreign port. of a passenger in transit. much lh.3 if the offense is political. Now. the charge against Barrundia was that he had committed a political offense. consequently he was a political refugee at the time he was assassinated. I do not think that the Gomez case and the Barrundia case are similar. because there is one element left out of the Gomez case that is very prominent in the Barrundia case. It appears in the Barrundia case that from the time the vessel (the Acapulco) with Barrundia on board reached Champerico the authorities of Guatemala sought to arrest Barrundia.