GUATEMALA – Gang violence in Guatemala targeting prisons and police resulted to at least 8 deaths, according to local reports on Sunday. Gangs linked to the Barrio 18 criminal organization carried out coordinated attacks on three penitentiaries and the National Police, killing seven officers and one suspected gang member and wounding 10 others, Interior Minister […]
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Violent Ecuador Prison Riot Leaves 27 Dead
ECUADOR – 27 inmates were found hanged over the weekend following a violent prison riot at a prison in Machala, the capital of Ecuador’s El Oro province. The National Service for Comprehensive Attention to Persons Deprived of Liberty (SNAI) said in a statement that the victims “committed asphyxiation, which caused immediate death by hanging,” indicating […]