GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemala’s penitentiary system has requested authorities investigate 108 prison guards for charges including possible abuse of power, the government said in a statement on Tuesday.
Some 102 of the guards worked at a prison known as “El Infiernito” (The Little Hell) around 50 miles (80 km) south of the capital, which housed a couple hundred suspected members of the Barrio 18 criminal gang and was cleared out earlier this month.
(Reporting by Sofia Menchu; Editing by Kylie Madry)
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