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Guatemala, 21 May ( Cerigua ) .- At least a thousand policemen, aided by a helicopter and an armored army are ready to leave, this May 22, dozens of farmers located on the farm Ixtán, Champerico, Retalhuleu, announced Wednesday a source of the Attorney of Human Rights (PDH ).

With this action, the farmers are again cut short his dream of possession of a piece of land, which sought to cultivate basic grains, which sustain feeding their families.

The most recent eviction of peasants took place on 16 May in San Luis Jilotepeque, Jalapa, where 319 families in extreme poverty were evicted from land they had given the administration City 2004-2008.

According to a public denunciation of the Association Maya Poqomam Community Development Foundation and Rigoberta Menchu, the state transferred in 2006 twenty blocks of land to the commune, which in turn gave up 4 blocks to now affected, while 16 others are held of persons without the need for farming activities.

For Ixtán farm in Champerico, Retalhuleu, the peasants remain occupied that property, "state property", since 1 January, demanding the implementation of Peace Accords and urged the government to legalize it for those families, however is claimed by a farmer who claims to be the owner, why be carried out the eviction.

According to information published in the Free Press website, which quotes a source of PDH , the order to evict the families on Thursday was drawn by the court local peace, but fears clashes during the action.

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