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US travel warnings updated for Central America
The U. S. State Department has updated its travel advisory for Guatemala because of the increased risk of terrorism.
In an update issued on March 12, Americans were warned not to travel to various areas and also parts of the capital, Guatemala City, because of the threat of crime and terrorism from cartels, gangs and criminal organizations.
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Guatemala mourns 10 police slain by gangsters amid state of emergency
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Ten police officers have been killed in a wave of coordinated gangster attacks in Guatemala that began with prison riots in three facilities and fanned out onto the streets of the capital in retribution killings, leading the government to declare a state of emergency.
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Death toll rises to 9 in gangsters' attacks on Guatemalan police as state of emergency is declared
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The death toll from suspected gangsters' attacks on Guatemalan police rose to nine Monday, as Guatemalans saw heavier security in the streets and curtailed rights after Congress approved President Bernardo Arévalo's emergency declaration.
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Death toll from Guatemala gang attacks rises to nine police officers
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GUATEMALA CITY, Jan 19 (Reuters) - The death toll from coordinated gang attacks in Guatemala has risen to nine police officers, an official confirmed on Monday, following a weekend of violence that began with prison riots.
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Gang violence in Guatemala kills 7 police officers after inmates take over prisons
ESCUINTLA, Guatemala -- Suspected gang members in Guatemala's capital Sunday killed seven police officers, authorities said, shortly after officials in the country's southwest retook control of one of three maximum security prisons where inmates had rioted and taken hostages the day before.
