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80 Belize/90 Guatemala
MID#4014
Dispute Number: 4014
Date(s): October 15, 1993 to October 16, 1993
Participants: 80 Belize/90 Guatemala
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: This short dispute revisited previously dormant claims by Guatemala to
British Honduras, which became Belize. Belize’s government renounced previous
agreements in July, and in October their soldiers crossed the border and destroyed
crops. Guatemala responded by sending 60 soldiers to the area the next day.
MID#4015
Dispute Number: 4015
Date(s): August 25, 1995 to September 23, 1995
Participants: 80 Belize/90 Guatemala
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Forces from Belize crossed their border with Guatemala on August 25,
1995, and threatened the peasant farmers in Monte de Olivos. Another similar incur-
sion followed two weeks later. Guatemala responded by asking for caution from
Belizean forces along the border and sent reinforcements and organized villages to
monitor the border.
MID#4150
Dispute Number: 4150
Date(s): August 1997 to August 26, 1997
Participants: 80 Belize/90 Guatemala
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Reacting to border incursions by Belizean soldiers, Guatemala sent troops
to the remote unmarked boundary in the Mayan jungle in August 1997. According to
Guatemala’s foreign minister, Belize’s actions infringed on Guatemalan sovereignty.
The border in dispute dates back to 1981 when Belize was part of Guatemala; after
Belize gained its independence in 1992 the border remained disputed.
MID#4151
Dispute Number: 4151
Date(s): January 25, 2000 to April 5, 2000
Participants: 90 Guatemala/80 Belize
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None