Mr. Speaker. although there are around 20.000 Guatemalan refugees living in the Mexican Province of Chiapas. there has been minimal press coverage of this tragic situation. To my knowledge Correspondent Gordon Mott of the San Jose Mercury News is the first U.S. Journalist to spend several weeks on the MexicanGuatemalan border living with the refugees. I would like to include for the record a series of articles and editorials that resulted from Mr. Motts experience and which constitute a first step in filling this informational void. Needless to say I am very disturbed by Correspondent Motts reports that Army activities in the countryside are resulting in the killing of innocent women and children. the burning of villages. and the forceful exodus of thousands of refugees. Immediately after the present government came to power in Guatemala. there were some hopeful signals of and new commitment to human rights. Unfortunately. this commitment is now in doubt.
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