Riot police officers transfer inmates after a riot broke out at a prison facility in the municipality of Cantel, in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala May 20, 2021. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria
Six people were killed in a prison in western Guatemala after a riot broke out at the facility on Wednesday, authorities said in a statement.
The victims were found decapitated on a patio in the overcrowded prison in the town of Cantel in the state of Quetzaltenango, the police statement said.
Riot police officers transfer inmates after a riot broke out at a prison facility in the municipality of Cantel, in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala May 20, 2021. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria
A police source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the killings were part of a confrontation between a gang and drug traffickers.
(Reporting by Sofia Menchu in Guatemala City; Writing by Laura Gottesdiener; Editing by Tom Hogue)
Bags containing the bodies of deceased inmates are seen in the back of a police car as police transfer the bodies of inmates who died after a riot broke out at the prison facility in the municipality of Cantel to a morgue in the municipality of Quetzaltenango, in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, May 20, 2021. REUTERS/Luis EcheverriaBags containing the bodies of deceased inmates are seen in the back of a police car as police transfer the bodies of inmates who died after a riot broke out at the prison facility in the municipality of Cantel to a morgue in the municipality of Quetzaltenango, in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, May 20, 2021. REUTERS/Luis EcheverriaRiot police officers transfer inmates after a riot broke out at a prison facility in the municipality of Cantel, in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala May 20, 2021. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria
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