Guatemala and other central American countries becoming more violent than Mexico

April 20, 4:17 PM ·



Guatemala and Honduras kidnappings and executions are on the increase Guatemala City, newspaper Prensa Libre reports “Violent acts - such as assassinations of drivers, ambushes between drug traffickers, homicides, massacres, hold ups, kidnappings and extortions - have occurred during the third month of the year, oppressing Guatemalans at a time when there’s no foreseeable plan to halt them.

(photo) In Baracoa, Honduras, four young men were carried off from a house by force. Field hands later heard shots and found the four, all executed with a bullet to the head gangland style.

Citizens’ groups assert that 15 crimes are reported each day in the capital city and province. Six bus drivers, two helpers and two passengers have died today.

A psychosis has gripped Guatemalans due to the lack of security and it is aggravated by confrontations between narco groups, homicides and even the massacre of families, extortions against businessmen and individuals, armed robberies of pedestrians and of automobile drivers when they are stopped at a traffic light or by a traffic bottleneck.â€