GUATEMALAN LEADER EVADES DEATH THREAT.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. President Alvaro Arzu escaped unharmed from an attempt on his life Sunday on the eve On the Eve (Накануне in Russian) is the third novel by famous Russian writer Ivan Turgenev, best known for his short stories and the novel Fathers and Sons. of a visit by Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus PP. II, Italian: Giovanni Paolo II, Polish: Jan Paweł II) born Karol Józef Wojtyła , government officials said. Security guards shot and killed the assailant, who tried to ram his pickup truck into the president and his wife, Patricia, as they rode horses in Antigua, 15 miles west of the capital. The incident came as thousands of police and security forces are mobilizing across Central America Central America, narrow, southernmost region (c.202,200 sq mi/523,698 sq km) of North America, linked to South America at Colombia. It separates the Caribbean from the Pacific. for the pontiff's weeklong tour, which will begin in Guatemala City Guatemala City City (pop., 1994: city, 823,301; 1999 est.: metro area, 3,119,000), capital of Guatemala. The largest city in Central America, it lies in the central highlands at an elevation of about 4,900 ft (1,490 m). today. Interior Minister Rodolfo Mendoza said the attacker tried repeatedly to drive his truck into the president, first striking a bodyguard on horseback and then security vehicles. The bodyguard was treated for a broken arm. When the attacker persisted, bodyguards shot him three times, killing him instantly. Mendoza identified the attacker as Pedro Aroldo Zaz Rompich, 24. He gave no further details. A motive was not immediately known. |
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