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Police Free 11 Guards Held Hostage in Guatemalan Prisons
Anti-kidnapping teams freed 11 guards held hostage by gang members amid prison riots fueled by demands to relocate imprisoned gang leaders, police said.
- Amid prison unrest in Guatemala City, 11 guards were held hostage overnight by Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha members, who demanded their leaders' transfer.
- Amid tensions, guards were taken hostage after riots erupted Tuesday in two Guatemala City prisons as gangs demanded their leaders' return, which the interior minister had ruled out.
- Police recovered the hostages’ guns, cell phones and five pistols the prisoners carried, and a guard and an inmate were wounded and evacuated for treatment.
- Despite the guards' release confirmed by Deputy Security Minister José Portillo shortly before midnight Tuesday, it remains unclear what concessions the government made, and authorities retook control of the prisons.
- Prisoners circulated videos showing the guards blindfolded and bound, and the National Civil Police said anti-kidnapping teams had freed guards in both prisons on Wednesday.
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Eleven prison guards taken hostage in two prisons in Guatemala by members of criminal groups were released on Tuesday night, the government said. After some 17 hours in detention and after a series of "strategic, operational and legal actions" the guards were released safely, Francisco Jiménez, Minister of the Interior (Interior), said in X. The officers "will be reviewed by the medical team and then each will be taken with their families," he a…
The police have managed to release the 11 prison guards who were taken hostage this Tuesday by a group of gang members who mutinyed in two prison...
After a group of gang members detained in two Guatemalan prisons held 11 guards, specialists called for a reform of the Central American prison system in order to prevent the recurrence of such or even more serious situations.
The 11 guards of the penitentiary system who were held at the hands of imprisoned gang members were released. This was done in the Preventive Detention Center of Zone 18 and Fraijanes 2. The guards were held since Monday night, and they were already released, according to the Minister of the Interior, Francisco Jiménez. Read also: Deputies authorize annual voucher of Q5 thousand for Volunteer Firefighters. He also noted that the release of the g…
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