</s>104-10129-10426 VI. 10 May 68 M5 CENTRAL AMERICA GUATAMAL POLICE CONTINUE SEEKING ALLEGO KING KILLER RELEASE HAS NO OBJECTION TO RELEASE OF THIS DOCUMENT PULICE Aires REUTERS in Spanish 215, OMT 8 May 68 RELEASE OFF ONLY! Buenos Aires Quesada City-Police sources have asserted they are almost certain that JAMES Ray, the alleged assassin of Negro Leader Martin Luther King, Jr. in Guatemala. The hunt for Ray was pressed today by the raiding of the s-story Region Building south of the capital near Aurora Airport, although nothing nothing was turned up in Guatemala, U.S. FBI agents recently came to Guatemala following a tip from the owner of the Katok Restaurant, 87 kilometers from this capital on the Pan-American Highway, who had reported seeing the presumed Martin Luther king murderer. BRIEES COMMUNITY AGENT-Ouasturo Colindres Barritts, to 39-year-old plumber and father of seven children, was sentenced on May 3 to July 1967 in prison for distributing sub- seven children. was sentered on May 7 to july 1967 on charges of possession of arms and war equipment. It was established that the July 1967 on the charges of possessing of arms organization a few before his arrest. (Quatemala City PREN$ Luana, 4 May 68 X) NICARAGUA SONOMA ACTS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, PCN AVERS Lima APF in Spanish 1779 GMT 9 May 68 P (POR OFFICIAL USE ONLY) (Text) Managua-The Nicaraguan Conservatory Party (PCN). The main opposition group, announced yesterday that it plans to acquire Party on Anastasio Somosa of violating the government's mission to the party. The session will be presented before the Chamber of Deputies in mid-to-party, the session will will be pressed before the that the President refuses to appoint minority representatives of the various leg- lative groups of the republic, to keep them from influencing affairs of government. BRINGS RELATIONS WITH USSR-Acting Miganigan Pone Minister Leandro Marin denied 8 May that the government is preparing to open relations with the USSR and the Soviet bloc that the pointed respect. We are interested in establishing relations with is USSR, this respect. (Text) (Not a) are not interested with establishing positions is firm in this respect." (Text] (Nota) (Latina Spanish 1775 9 May 8 May 6 (OPP) OFFICIAL USE ONLY) LEFTIST PLOT-The government is keeping a close watch on a leftist plot seeking to unleash violence in the capital, the daily PRENSA GRAPICA reported 8 May. It pointed officers who are now searching for a cache) in the country by National Security (1728 OMT 9 May 69 (POR OFFICIAL USE ON) weapons. (text) (Texti (Lima APP Spanish)

Summary:  
Guatemalan police sources stated they are nearly certain James Ray is the alleged assassin of Martin Luther King Jr., though no evidence was found during a raid on a building near Aurora Airport. U.S. FBI agents visited Guatemala following a tip from the owner of the Katok Restaurant, 87 kilometers from the capital, who claimed to have seen Ray. A 39-year-old plumber and father of seven, Colindres Barritts, was sentenced to prison for distributing subversive materials in July 1967. He was also charged with possessing arms and war equipment. The document notes that Barritts’ organization was linked to arms possession prior to his arrest. Separate reports mention Nicaraguan political tensions, including the PCN party’s claim against Anastasio Somoza for violating constitutional procedures and a leftist plot in Managua involving National Security forces searching for weapons caches.  

Key People:  
- James Ray (alleged assassin of MLK)  
- Colindres Barritts (plumber, father of seven, sentenced for subversive materials and arms possession)  
- Anastasio Somoza (Nicaraguan political figure accused by PCN of constitutional violations)  

Key Locations:  
- Guatemala City (capital, site of police raids and arrests)  
- Aurora Airport (nearby location searched during investigation)  
- Managua (Nicaraguan capital, center of political tensions and leftist plot reports)  

Key Events:  
- Guatemalan police search for James Ray linked to MLK’s assassination  
- FBI agents investigate in Guatemala based on restaurant owner’s tip  
- Colind, Barritts’ sentencing for subversive activities and arms possession  
- PCN party alleges Somoza violated constitutional procedures  
- National Security forces in Nicaragua monitor leftist plot involving weapons caches  

Key Organizations:  
- U.S. FBI (involved in Guatemala investigation)  
- Guatemalan Police (searching for Ray)  
- Nicaraguan Conservatory Party (PCN)  
- National Security forces (monitoring leftist activities in Nicaragua)

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