7 officers killed, dozens taken captive in gang uprising as inmates riot at hellish Guatemalan prisons

Members of the National Civil Police stand over retaken inmates lying on the ground.
Members of the National Civil Police stand next to redetained inmates lying on the ground, following security forces regaining control of the Renovacion 1 prison where inmates rioted.via REUTERS

Interior Minister Marco Antonio Villeda said nine guards were taken hostage at the facility, and nearly four dozen other guards had been captured at two other prisons in an organized insurrection by convicts.

The rescue effort melee lasted about 15 minutes before guards were spied exiting the facility under escort — no injuries or deaths were immediately reported.

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