There is evidence that members of the Guatemalan Army were carrying guns, although the Minister of Interior has denied it, arguing that the peasants killed each other, as Mario Rodríguez explains in his blog post "Declarations full of cynicism" . 
Kuna ushahidi kuwa wanachama wa jeshi la Guatemala walibeba bunduki, pamoja na kuwa Waziri wa Mambo ya Ndani hakukukubaliana na taarifa hii akisema kuwa wakulima waliuana wenyewe kwa wenyewe kama Mario Rodríguez anavyoelezea katika makala kwenye blogu yake " Matamko Yenye Ushawishi binafsi" .