Guatemalan murder suspects slain in jail

A shocking new twist has developed in the murders of three Salvadoran members of the Central American Parliament. Four Guatemala policemen who were arrested last Thursday for their possible involvement in the assassinations were killed over the weekend while they sat in jail. There has yet to be an official reason for the deaths of the four policemen, though different versions of events have circulated such as prison guards purposefully letting in hitmen to kill the jailed policemen or that the officers were killed “by a commando unit” during a riot at the prison.

Update: Guatemala's president told local media that he suspects gangs were behind the murders of the four jailed policemen. (Link via BBC News).

Links- CNN, The Latin Americanist, BBC News, Melbourne Herald Sun, Agencia EFE

Image- Siglo XXI (Officers controlling El Boquerón prison in Guatemala Sunday night)