Santa Cruz del Quiché, Depto. El Quiché, Guatemala (cont.) ... kidnapped his son, and people were angry that we hadn't stopped in the village to get permission (though this is exactly what we had tried to do). More and more people came, including various alcaldes and auxiliary alcaldes, and it seemed as though we might be held for a while, or perhaps worse. An "indigenous alcalde" from a Mayor NGO showed up and started to mediate. We all formed a circle and be translated between Spanish (which almost no one spoke) and K'iche'. He called Carlos' museum and they reaffirmed what we had said, but even with that and our CONAP permit, no one but the alcalde indígena and the schoolteacher really seemed to believe us or want us there. Most people thought we were associated with a mining company that they feared would take or ruin their land, even after we showed them the salamanders. Finally, after much discussion, the alcalde indígenas got out the book of laws and wrote up the incident as an acta which said that though we had not come from the mining company, we had acted erraneously and that [illegible] could never come back. We all had to sign it and then quickly left (or were kicked out). I guess the type locality of B. melanura won't be visited anytime soon. We left and drove to Nebaj, where we stayed for the night.