Talk:News:1983-10-09/Eradication/aerial-paraquat-spraying-of-marijuana-reported-in-cayo-district
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Dating
The Reporter of Sunday 9 October 1983 places the spraying in "this week" without a day. The stored date is the date of the paper.
Attribution
The spraying in Cayo rests on The Reporter's list of four districts. The Toledo Star reports only talk about it: "It is being said that Hon Shoman has objected to the spraying of Paraquat in his constituency in the Cayo District because of its deadly effect."
Sources not used
Both texts read are the English reprints in the Joint Publications Research Service, Latin America Report No. 2770 (JPRS 84872, 2 December 1983), pp. 35–36. The original issues were not consulted.
Related news items
The Reporter of 9 October 1983 names four districts. Each is recorded in its own news item: Corozal, Orange Walk, Cayo (this news item) and Toledo.
Map pin
The sources name the district, not a village. The pin is San Ignacio, the district's seat, and marks the district.
These notes were recorded when the news item was prepared. Éloise 19:31, 21 October 2026 (+07)