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Seven inmates' bodies found in trash at Guatemala jail
Source: Yahoo! News / AFP
Guatemala City (AFP) - The bodies of seven inmates at a maximum-security prison in Guatemala were found stuffed inside garbage bins Wednesday, their remains showing signs of torture, authorities said.
Officials at El Boqueron prison found the bodies in an area that holds inmates from Mara Salvatrucha, one of the drug gangs blamed for a wave of violence sweeping Central America, said prisons spokesman Rudy Esquivel.
The victims have not been identified, he said.
Officials are investigating whether they were killed in a feud between warring gangs.
Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/seven-inmates-bodies-found-trash-guatemala-jail-211513292.html
