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Caribbean-Latin America

Guatemala Gunfire Gazette

2011-01-05

11 Die in Guatemala

Eleven individuals were killed in violence in Guatemala including six individuals killed in a bombing attack on a bus in Guatemala City bus
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Six individuals were killed in a bombing attack on a city bus in Guatemala City Monday afternoon. Reports say the attack was made by a woman who left a backpack on the bus after being dropped off from another vehicle. The bomb was apparently remotely detonated near the intersection of 37 Avenida and San Juan road in Zone 7. Authorities say the attack was made by a local affiliate of the Mara 18 gang as part of an extortion scheme. Eight others were wounded.

Three men were shot to death in the village of El Llano, Yupiltepeque, Jutiapa Monday. The sale of alcohol may have been involved in the shootings. Reported dead were Rene Hernandez Yanez, 33, Samuel Diaz Lemus, 55, and Audelino Garcia Diaz, 28.

Two men were shot to death and a female child was wounded in the shooting in Guatemala City Monday. The attack took place near the junction of 25th Street and 17th Avenue in the colony on August 15, Zone 5. Killed were Enrique Galicia and German Alozano. Wounded was Ingrid Marisol Alvarado Xajoc, 10.

A local MS-13 gang assaulted the General Hospital in Guatemala City New years Eve, only to be stopped by the presence of police in the area. Reports say a previous attempt was made Christmas Eve. Both attacks were against rival gang members.

A public minibus was the apparent target of a small arms attack in Coatepeque, Quetzaltenango. The attack took place near the junction of 2nd Avenida and 5th Calle in Zona 1 in the barrio La Batalla. Reports are two other private vehicles, a private sedan and a delivery truck, were damaged in the attack instead. The unidentified driver of the minibus fled avoiding damage from the attack.

Posted by:badanov

#1 Update from AFP:

Guatemalan security forces have arrested a 19-year-old female gang member suspected of placing a bomb on a city bus which killed seven people and wounded 15 others.

Police and Public Ministry agents who captured her on Tuesday said they had been unable to firmly establish the identity of the suspect, in part because she has identified herself to authorities using at least two different names.

Authorities picked up the young woman, who they said goes by the alias "La Paquetona," in a series of searches after the blast, which ripped through a packed public bus in Guatemala City late Monday.

Tattoos on the suspect identify her as a member of "a large criminal gang," Attorney General Claudia Paz y Paz said late Tuesday.

Criminal gangs would be the obvious suspects as bus drivers paid 1.5 million dollars in extortion money in 2010.

Bus guild president Gamaliel Chin said Tuesday the bus system received four anonymous phone calls last month threatening an attack.

Posted by: trailing wife 2011-01-05 08:02

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