Guatemala: Extortion Gangs Continue Attacks on Bus Drivers

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | July 21st, 2010 | Trackback

Gangs running extortion rackets against Guatemala City bus drivers continued their murderous enforcement with three recent attacks that killed four people. In one, two passengers died and 15 were injured when the assailants tossed a grenade inside the bus and it ignited a fire. The bus was on its regular route between Guatemala City and the western suburb of San Juan Sacatepequez. In another, the driver was shot and killed and his assistant wounded when traveling in the southwestern part of the city. The gang even attacked the funeral for a murdered driver and killed another person and wounded three in the gunfire. The gangs demand protection payments that can run as high as $100 a day to drive through the neighborhoods that they control.

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