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Guatemalan army, police in standoff over severance pay
February 2, 1997
Web posted at: 2:25 p.m. EDT (1425 GMT)GUATEMALA CITY (CNN) -- Guatemalan soldiers and rebellious military police were faced off against one another early Sunday in a stalemate over the policemen's demand for compensation when a newly signed peace accord eliminates their jobs.
The army has surrounded a compound seized by the police Wednesday.
The 4,000-member force will be dissolved later this year under the terms of the accord signed December 29 between rebels and the Guatemalan government. The accord ended Central America's longest civil war.
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