TWO police officers have been burned alive by a mob of furious residents after the officers were mistaken for child kidnappers.

A federal human rights prosecutor has ordered the investigation of Honduras’ police chief and two other officials on charges they destroyed weapons tied to murder investigations, including the assassinations of a former economy minister.

Eighteen inmates died in a brutal two-day riot by prisoners in a jail outside the capital of Guatemala authorities said.

A powerful bomb exploded in a downtown food plaza in the southern port city of Zamboanga today, killing at least six people and injuring 53, officials said.