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FBI to help track down Barrio 18 gang leaders who escaped prison, Guatemala says

eriinfo.com2 months ago04 mins

Guatemala’s government announced Tuesday that the United States would send an FBI team to help capture gang leaders whose jailbreak has triggered a security crisis in the Central American country. Local authorities last month announced that 20 members of the Barrio 18 gang had broken out of the Fraijanes II prison near Guatemala City, but…

Guatemala judge convicts 6 ex-officials in deaths of 41 girls in 2017 fire | News

eriinfo.com5 months ago04 mins

The fatal blaze rocked Guatemala and highlighted widespread abuse in the government’s shelter system. A Guatemalan court has convicted six people in connection with the deaths of 41 girls at a state-funded youth shelter in 2017. On Tuesday, Judge Ingrid Cifuentes gave the former officials, who had all pleaded not guilty, sentences of between six…