GUATEMALA CITY (AP) – Ten guards kidnapped through gang members in a Guatemalan were released early Tuesday after hours of captivity and negotiations with police.
Incarcerated members of the Ward 18 gang arrested the guards on Monday in retaliation for the transfer of some of their leaders to prison.
Interior Minister Gendri Reyes said that 3 guards were first released and then the other seven said the government had just made it clear to the detainees that in one way or they were entering.
On Monday night, President Alejando Giammattei said he had ordered the transfer of gang leaders to criminals because they ordered kidnappings, murders, extortion and other crimes.
The criminal known as “Little Hell” is located on the southern Guatemalan branch of Escuintla.