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The United Nations is calling for an investigation into Tuesday's clashes between riot police and landless farm workers in Guatemala.
Earlier this week, Guatemalan officials said at least seven people were killed when police moved to evict squatters from a farm in southern Guatemala.
The U.N. mission asked authorities to look into possible human rights abuses committed during the eviction.
Reuters news agency reports prosecutors say authorities excavated a suspected mass grave Thursday, but found no bodies. Peasants have accused police of killing as many as 20 farmers and dumping their bodies into a pit.
The United Nations is also asking Guatemala to look into the alleged kidnapping of a farmer in the same area last year.
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