Prisons, "Command Centers" for Gangs After the Wave of Violence in Guatemala

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Prisons have for decades become the "command centers" of gangs operating in Guatemala.

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Gangs camp wide in Guatemala and have their “offices” in the crowded prisons from where they extort, about ...

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Prisons have for decades become the command centers of gangs operating in Guatemala. From prisons, they organize the millionaire business of extortions to merchants. This activity allows them to live with great privileges while leading the violence that strikes the Central American country. The executive director of Citizen Action, Guatemalan chapter of Transparency International, Manfredo Marroquín, explained this Thursday to EFE that the priso…