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Guatemalan inheritance dispute leaves 4 dead

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - Three adults and a 1-year-old baby have died in what Guatemalan police believe may have been a violent family dispute over an inheritance. National police spokesman Donald Gonzalez quotes neighbors as...

Victims of Guatemalan Bus Fire Were Shot First

By JUAN CARLOS LLORCA Associated Press Writer GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- Prosecutors said Monday that 15 charred bodies found in a burned-out bus were shot before they were set on fire. At least 14 of the dead were Nicaraguan,...

Guatemala believes group attack behind bus burning

Source: Reuters GUATEMALA CITY, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Guatemala authorities are hunting for a group of people police believe are behind the burning of a bus full of Nicaraguans last weekend in a rural region thick with ...

Passengers shot before bus torched

Fifteen bodies found in a burned-out bus in eastern Guatemala were shot before being set on fire, and police said the killings may have been drug-related. Guatemala City Passengers shot before bus torched Fifteen bodies found...

Victims of Guatemalan bus fire were shot first

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Prosecutors said Monday that 15 charred bodies found in a burned-out bus were shot before they were set on fire. At least 14 of the dead were Nicaraguan, including the driver, said Attorney General Amilcar...

16 killed in bus fire in Guatemala

Guatemala City: Sixteen people died when a bus carrying agricultural workers burst into flames for unknown reasons, rescue workers and forensics experts said. The incident occurred on Sunday morning 140 km east of the capital,...

Amazing pics of a hole that opened up the earth

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala - A 330-foot-deep sinkhole killed at least two teenagers as it swallowed about a dozen homes early Friday and forced the evacuation of nearly 1,000 people in a crowded Guatemala City neighborhood....

Guatemala hopes DNA lab can unravel mystery of the `disappeared'

GUATEMALA CITY -- Twelve years after Central America's longest civil war ended, Guatemalan anthropologists will soon open a DNA laboratory to identify tens of thousands of bodies of people who were killed. The lab, eight years...

Crash victims arrive in Guatemala

Nov 1 - The bodies of three Spaniards who died in a helicopter crash in rural Guatemala arrive to Guatemala City. Rescue workers and air traffic officials in the area of the crash said heavy winds and rain caused the accident....

Call for action after tear gas attack on gay event in Guatemala

A gay human rights group has demanded action after recent attacks on gay events in Guatemala. The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission said that two incidents where tear gas was used need to be properly...

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