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Guatemalan twitter user 'Jeanfer' was arrested and accused being causing 'Financial Panic', because of his opinion posted in the social network Twitter.com

Jean Anleu suggested in a tweet that people who had funds deposited in Banrural should remove those funds, and doing so 'break the bank of the corrupts'.

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Guatemalan Twitter User Arrested for "Inciting Financial Panic"

Guatemalan twitter user "Jeanfer" was arrested and accused of causing "Financial Panic", because of his opinion posted in the...

by Jacob Solis in Guatemala on 14/05/2009

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