US EditionGuatemala Seeks FBI Help After Gang Leaders Escape Prison
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Guatemala’s Congress on Oct. 21 passed a law designating the Barrio 18 and MS-13 gangs as “terrorist organizations.” The move came days after 20 Barrio 18 convicts broke out of the maximum-security Fraijanes II prison outside the capital. So far, only four have been recaptured. The new “Ley Anti-pandillas” provides for heavier sentences for gang members convicted of crimes such as extortion or recruitment of minors, and calls for the constructio…
The new Minister of the Interior, Marco Antonio Villeda, asked the FBI to send a team specializing in gangs and fugitives to assist in the search for the members of Barrio 18 who escaped from the Fraijanes II prison.
Guatemala’s security forces arrested 23 prison police on Saturday for the prison escape of some 20 ringleaders from the Barrio 18 gang, the prosecutor said. President Bernardo Arévalo’s government reported on October 12 that 20 members of Barrio 18, declared a terrorist organization by the United States and [...] The entry Arrests 23 prison police for massive gang escape in Guatemala was first published in Foco Informativa.
Photo: PNC The National Civil Police of Guatemala (PNC) reported that, together with the Public Prosecutor's Office (MP), raids have been carried out at the Fraijanes II Men's Preventive Detention Centre, as well as in buildings located in areas 10 and 15 of the capital, in follow-up to the case of corruption in the prison system. The arrest of eight prison guards, identified for the offences of non-compliance with duties and cooperation for the…
The National Civil Police of Quetzaltenango police station 41 of Quetzaltenango managed to capture a gang member of high danger in Barrio 18. This is Mario David Sisimit Cutzal, 39, aka “El Dwarf”, a member of the LSC Little Sayco Criminals, originally from Mixco, one of the 20 gang members of Fraijanes II prison. The arrest was carried out in Magnolia, zone 6 of Coatepeque, by means of a court search. “El Dwarf” has a serious criminal record: i…
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