At the same time as the massive march on the capital, hundreds of Indians and peasants blocked several stretches of highway in western Guatemala on Tuesday to demand an end to mining operations in their localities.
De forma paralela a la multitudinaria marcha en la capital, cientos de indígenas y campesinos bloquearon hoy varios tramos carreteros en regiones de los departamentos de San Marcos, Huehuetenango, Petén, Sololá y Quetzaltenango, en el oeste del país, para rechazar la explotación minera.