Deadly Guatemala jail riot ends
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A riot at a Guatemala jail ends after four police held there over the murder of three politicians are shot dead.
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Guatemalan security forces storm a jail that has been under prisoner control for 10 years, killing seven inmates.
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San Salvador -- At least 31 prisoners died and 23 were wounded yesterday during clashes between gang members and other inmates in El Salvador&#39;s largest prison, officials said.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - At least six inmates were  killed and 35 wounded in a Venezuelan prison on Wednesday when  rival gangs battled with guns, knives and machetes, authorities  said.
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Gunmen stormed a Guatemalan prison and shot to death four jailed police officers in a mafia hit aimed at stopping investigators from finding out who ordered the slayings of three politicians from neighboring El Salvador, Guatemala's leader said Monday.
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Four Guatemalan policemen are held over the murders of three Salvadorean politicians in Guatemala City.
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Police in South America&#039;s largest city have been placed on maximum alert following a shootout in which 13 suspected gang members were killed trying to carry out a plan to attack prison guards.
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Police in the Philippines storm a Manila courtroom, killing a gunmen to end a day-long hostage drama, officials say.
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At least 31 prisoners were killed and 23 wounded during clashes between warring gang members and other inmates in El Salvador&#39;s largest prison.
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KABUL: Five Afghan prison guards and police and four prisoners were killed in a jailbreak attempt by Al Qaeda inmates on Friday, said a spokesman for the Interior Ministry.
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Six guards were found murdered outside a high security prison on Mexico's border with Texas on Thursday in the latest bloody episode in weeks of prison violence being blamed on powerful drug gangs.
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MATAMOROS, Mexico  - Six guards were found  murdered outside a high-security prison on Mexico's border with  Texas on Thursday, in the latest bloody episode in weeks of  prison violence being blamed on powerful drug gangs.
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MATAMOROS, Mexico  - Six guards were found  murdered outside a high security prison on Mexico's border with  Texas on Thursday in the latest bloody episode in weeks of  prison violence being blamed on powerful drug gangs.
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Rival groups of inmates battled  with guns, grenades and machetes at a prison in El Salvador on  Wednesday, killing at least 31 prisoners.
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A newly elected opposition lawmaker was shot and killed outside a popular Guatemalan tourist resort on Friday, the latest politician to be gunned down in an election year marred by violence.
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A powerful earthquake shook Guatemala and parts of neighboring nations Wednesday, sending some capital residents rushing into the streets for safety. Officials said there were no immediate reports of casualties or serious damage.
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Guatemala's highest court halts the trial of 16 soldiers charged over a massacre during the civil war.