Spanish Embassy Killings
Witness History: Witness Archive 2016
English - February 01, 2016 08:51 - 8 minutes - 4.1 MB - ★★★ - 8 ratingsHistory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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On 31 January 1980, 37 people were killed, many of them burnt alive, when police stormed Spain's embassy in Guatemala City, to end an occupation by peasant farmers. Witness hears from Gustavo Molina, the son of a prominent Guatemalan politician who was among the dead.
(Photo: Red Cross workers with stretchers outside the Spanish embassy in Guatemala City, Jan. 1980. Credit: AP)