17 inmates were killed in a brawl during a prison soccer game, including three who were decapitated
Guatemala’s Granja Penal Canada prison was designed to house 600 inmates, but now holds 3,100.
Sunday was visiting day and inmates were participating in a friendly soccer game when a brawl broke out. Shots were fired, sending women visitors and their children running for their lives. The prison was surrounded by 2,000 cops and dozens of Guatemalan soldiers. When the smoke had cleared and order had been restored, 17 inmates had died, including three who were decapitated.
The brawl was believed to have been between street gang members and inmates who did not belong to the gang.
Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras are no longer pleasant places to live. Street gangs, the most powerful of which are 'Mara Salvatrucha' and 'Barrio 18,' are constantly involved in turf battles for the control of drug trafficking, extortion and other crimes. In order to prevent gang turf wars from spilling over into prisons, authorities have placed each gang in separate prisons.
The turf wars have led many residents of those countries to flee and attempt to cross into the United States illegally. Some of the young illegals have then formed branches of the Latin American street gangs here in this country.
Bob Walsh thinks the homicide rate is high in his hometown of Stockton. He should live in Guatemala, El Salvador or Honduras. According to the Daily Mail, this year through September, there have been 4,281 homicides in Guatemala and 4,942 in El Salvador. Honduras for the first six months of 2015 reported 2,628 murders.
Count your blessings, Bob.
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