5 Die in Guatemala
Five individuals were killed in drug and gang relate violence in Guatemala, according to various Guatemalan press reports.
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- Three members of a family reportedly kidnapped December 9th have turned up dead. MarÃÂa Sohom, 22, Domingo Guarchaj, 24, and Antonio Sohom, 16, were on a road trip to buy groceries in Quetzaltenango department near Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan when they were abducted. The corpses were found mutilated by animals Wednesday. It is estimated they had been dead for about 15 days before their bodies were found. The family was held for USD $24,000 ransom.
- A Policia Nacional Civil officer was shot to death in Retalhuleu, Retalhuleu Wednesday. Mynor Vielman Gutierrez Velasquez, 37, was found on Calle 2nd near Ana Lucia shot twice. Gutiéerrez Velasquez was apparently escorting a prison inmate being transfered to a hospital when he was attacked.
- An unidentified man was found strangled and dumped in a river in Amatitlan in Guatemala department Tuesday. A teenager was fishing near the dam on the Rio Michatoya when the discovery was made.
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