Weiss has been one of Congress' most outspoken members on the subject ofhuman rights in Guatemala, Spencer says. Family Massacred in Capital Three armed men entered the home of Macaria Camey September 14 and murdered her husband and three of her children. Witnesses say the men arrived at the indigenous family's home in the Tecun Uman neighborhood of Guatemala City while they were sleeping. As the murderers left, they turned and shot her husband again through the head, then threw in a grenade. Another relative, Maria, was injured in the explosion.
Police say a gang of youths carried out the massacre.
United States Trade Representative Carla Hills will begin hearings on labor rights abuses in Guatemala on September 23 or 24, according to Congressional Chief Edmond Mulet. The hearings are to determine whether labor violations in Guatemala warrant suspension of trade benefits enjoyed by the country. He added that US authorities have nothing to do with what goes on in Guatemala. In response to petitions filed by US religious, human rights and labor groups, the US administration said August 17 it would investigate alleged violations of Guatemalan workers' rights. Guatemala receives its special status through the Generalized System of Preferences and the Caribbean Basin Initiative.