The Guatemala government has announced that in two prisons in the country, imprisoned gang members – they have detained many prison officials and other employees, holding the hostages. Last Saturday, police intervened to regain control in various prisons in the country, after many days of riots in which a penitentiary was killed. Authorities attribute these attitudes to the recent transfer to a prison for the highest security leadership of Bario 18 and Mara Salvatroutsa. “The Ministry of Justice handles the hostage situation and we are optimistic that it will solve the problem, as has been the case in previous times,” President Bernardo Areno told reporters. Interior Minister Francisco Jimenez said that stops have occurred in the Fraida prison, in a community near the capital, and in Boker, 65 kilometers east of the city of Guatemala. “These are hopeless attempts by gangster to draw attention and put pressure on the state to return their leaders” […]
Source: News Beast
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