5 Die in Guatemala
Five men were killed in drug and gang related violence including an unidentified gang member in Villa Nueva, Amatitlan killed allegedly by two PNC officers.
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- One man was shot to death and two men were wounded in a botched bank robbery in Santa Elena, Petan. Six suspects entered the Banco Inmobiliario on Plaza Karossi and fought a gunfight with a security officer, wounding the guard. Juan Alberto Ramirez, 40, died at the scene while Miguel Panac, 18, was wounded. The other four suspects were arrested soon afterwards.
- A Guatemala City bus driver was shot to death as he was escorting his pregnant wife into a hospital Thursday. Rigoberto Jeronimo, 27, died at the scene when armed suspects fired on him more than 15 times. His wife was not hurt in the shooting.
- A bus driver and a private security guard were wounded in a drive-by shooting in Zone 1 of Guatemala City. The shooting took place near the intersection of Avenida 10th and Calle 18th where an armed suspect riding a motorcycle shot the two men.
- A man was found shot to death in Olopa, Chiquimula Thursday. Moises RÃÂos, 23, was reported missing from his home three days before.
- A man was hacked to death in the village of El Ingenio Guaraquiche, Jocotän, Chiquimula Thursday. The victim was identified as Humberto Antonio Gracia, 19.
- An unidentified gang member was shot to death in Villa Nueva , Amatitlan Thursday. Police arrested two Policia Nacional Civil (PNC) officers, Walter Geovanny Martinez Chu, 28, and Saul Arnoldo Estrada Ochoa, 19, in connection with the shooting. The victim was shot with a 9mm weapon near the corner of Calle 4th and Avenida 5th in Zona 1 of Villa Nueva. The officers were attached to the Núcleo de Reserva de la ComisarÃÂa 15.
- A woman was shot to death in El Mezquital colony in Guatemala City Thursday. MarÃÂa Marisol Santos, 46, was shot to death as she was shopping in Zone 12. PNC sources say the shooting was probably related to extorion
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