 Drug hitmen walked into a Guatemalan jail at visiting time on Sunday and murdered four policeman being held on charges of killing three Salvadoran politicians last week. "It is confirmed that the four bodies are them. It's a drug trafficking thing," police spokeswoman Maria Fernandez said. The policemen, including the head of an anti-organized crime squad, were arrested on Thursday for the murders of three deputies from the Guatemala-based Central American parliament and their driver. The victims were found dead in a burned-out car near Guatemala City on Tuesday. Guatemalan officials said their murders were drug related.
Mr Fernandez said inmates at the Boqueron prison, 37 miles (60 km) from Guatemala City had taken police and other officials hostage. | While the hitmen stroll out of the jail and drive off |
Relatives of other prisoners in the jail said on local radio that the prison guards let the attackers enter the jail at visiting time and that shots were heard soon after. | I'd be nervous if I was one of the guards right now. |
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